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You cannot make this stuff up: an Israeli government spokesman, Eylon Levy was questioned by a Sky News "reporter" as to whether the hostage deal, that is to trade 150 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for just 50 hostages held by Hamassholes, meant that Israel valued Palestinian lives less than Israeli ones.
[H/T Jerusalem Post]
In her pea brain it didn't register that Israel values lives of their citizens to the degree that they are willing to release three times as many Palestinian murderers and convicts for their men, women and children but instead meant that Israel believes their people are three times more valuable. What a complete dolt and likely anti-Semite.
No, the exchange is unfair because Hamas demanded the numbers be as they are, not the other way around. Seriously, how can this reporter be allowed to work for Sky News, a fairly right-of-center media company?
Asked to comment on the preposterous accusation, Levy answered with a look of shock, and said such a comment was “an astonishing accusation."
Levy replied, “If we could release one prisoner for everyone hostage, we would obviously do that. We are operating in horrific circumstances.
“We’re not choosing to release these prisoners who have blood on their hands. We are talking about people who have been convicted of stabbing and shooting attacks.
“Notice the question of proportionality doesn’t interest Palestinian supporters when they’re able to get more of their prisoners out. But really, it is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we are willing to release prisoners who are convicted of terrorism offenses, more of them than we are getting our own innocent children back, somehow suggests we don’t care about Palestinian lives. Really, that is a disgusting accusation."
Levy later posted on X that the question had left him “speechless.”
The hostage release is part of a larger ceasefire agreement which included the terms that the International Committee of the Red Cross could visit the hostages who remain in captivity and supply them with medicine. Fuel will also be allowed to enter Gaza and a six hour window where Israel will not fly UAVs over the Strip will be employed. 3
Asked to comment on the preposterous accusation, Levy answered with a look of shock, and said such a comment was “an astonishing accusation."
Levy replied, “If we could release one prisoner for everyone hostage, we would obviously do that. We are operating in horrific circumstances.
“We’re not choosing to release these prisoners who have blood on their hands. We are talking about people who have been convicted of stabbing and shooting attacks.
“Notice the question of proportionality doesn’t interest Palestinian supporters when they’re able to get more of their prisoners out. But really, it is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we are willing to release prisoners who are convicted of terrorism offenses, more of them than we are getting our own innocent children back, somehow suggests we don’t care about Palestinian lives. Really, that is a disgusting accusation."
Levy later posted on X that the question had left him “speechless.”
The first question that left me speechless (but only for a second): pic.twitter.com/P4Bh0SKtl9— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 23, 2023
This thread “Every 100 likes, I’ll make him more surprised” https://t.co/cq3KOJbLBU— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 23, 2023
Gary Mond, Chairman of the National Jewish Assembly told the Jerusalem Post "Like most others, I believe that this is an insidious comparison. To even put the totally innocent hostages taken by Hamas in the same sentence as those guilty of stabbing, attempted murder, and other heinous crimes is sickening. The very fact that a journalist can make such a comparison is a demonstration of the depths to which anti-Israel bias has now sunk."
I am personally surprised by the anti-Semitism displayed by a Sky News reporter. Sky News Australia regularly has conservative author and commentator Douglas Murray comment on the Israeli Hamas war, as he is currently in Israel covering it. The fact that the outlet has this execrable, anti-Semitic dolt working for them is beyond comprehension.
The hostage release is part of a larger ceasefire agreement which included the terms that the International Committee of the Red Cross could visit the hostages who remain in captivity and supply them with medicine. Fuel will also be allowed to enter Gaza and a six hour window where Israel will not fly UAVs over the Strip will be employed. 3
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