"Israel" Recommended Kintar Release as Gift to Saniora!
Source: Al-Manar TV, 17-12-2007
An "Israeli" book, published recently, about the July 2006 aggression against Lebanon said that the "Israeli" military highlighted in May 2005 a recommendation urging to "take advantage of the peaceful image of (Fouad) Saniora's government" in order to end the detention of Samir al Kintar.
The chief of security affairs department in the "Israeli" daily Ma'ariv, Amir Rapaport said in his book 'Friendly Fires' that "the recommendation from the research department in the "Israeli" military stresses the importance of using Saniora's holding of power to finally get rid of Samir al Kintar. At this stage, there was consensus in the military that Kintar had become a burden rather than a strong bargaining chip which would lead to getting information on the "Israeli" pilot Ron Arad."
Rapaport said that "this recommendation was clearly formed and listed in an official document issued by the chief of research department in the military Hakhay Arbil in May 2005". The recommendation highlights the importance of "using Saniora's rise to power to award him Kintar as a sign of good will. The condition is that freeing Kintar should be shown as reinforcement to Saniora's government rather than an achievement to Hizbullah".
It goes without saying that Kintar had rejected an "Israeli" request to issue a statement and declare that his "release issue" is no longer in Hizbullah's hand. Kintar told the "Israeli" officer who conveyed the request that "my cause is the cause of all of Lebanon, as a resistance and as a state," according to Kintar's brother, Bassam. Kintar has been in "Israeli" jails for more than 29 years.
According to Rapaport, then chief of staff Moshe Ya'lon ratified the recommendation before sending it to the political echelon since it is an official recommendation issued by the military. Nevertheless, at the beginning of June 2005, Dan Halutz was assigned as the chief of staff in place of Ya'lon, and despite the importance of this recommendation; no political operation that would lead to liberation of Kintar was achieved.
Rapaport ends by saying that the "recommendation evaporated because Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon feared releasing Kintar for nothing, would lead to broad public opposition, and Halutz didn't insist on implementing it."
An "Israeli" book, published recently, about the July 2006 aggression against Lebanon said that the "Israeli" military highlighted in May 2005 a recommendation urging to "take advantage of the peaceful image of (Fouad) Saniora's government" in order to end the detention of Samir al Kintar.
The chief of security affairs department in the "Israeli" daily Ma'ariv, Amir Rapaport said in his book 'Friendly Fires' that "the recommendation from the research department in the "Israeli" military stresses the importance of using Saniora's holding of power to finally get rid of Samir al Kintar. At this stage, there was consensus in the military that Kintar had become a burden rather than a strong bargaining chip which would lead to getting information on the "Israeli" pilot Ron Arad."
Rapaport said that "this recommendation was clearly formed and listed in an official document issued by the chief of research department in the military Hakhay Arbil in May 2005". The recommendation highlights the importance of "using Saniora's rise to power to award him Kintar as a sign of good will. The condition is that freeing Kintar should be shown as reinforcement to Saniora's government rather than an achievement to Hizbullah".
It goes without saying that Kintar had rejected an "Israeli" request to issue a statement and declare that his "release issue" is no longer in Hizbullah's hand. Kintar told the "Israeli" officer who conveyed the request that "my cause is the cause of all of Lebanon, as a resistance and as a state," according to Kintar's brother, Bassam. Kintar has been in "Israeli" jails for more than 29 years.
According to Rapaport, then chief of staff Moshe Ya'lon ratified the recommendation before sending it to the political echelon since it is an official recommendation issued by the military. Nevertheless, at the beginning of June 2005, Dan Halutz was assigned as the chief of staff in place of Ya'lon, and despite the importance of this recommendation; no political operation that would lead to liberation of Kintar was achieved.
Rapaport ends by saying that the "recommendation evaporated because Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon feared releasing Kintar for nothing, would lead to broad public opposition, and Halutz didn't insist on implementing it."
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