Akram Abdullah Kassem, one of the Hamas prisoners released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, 2011

Author
Akram Abdullah Kassem
Date
2011
Name of Author
Akram Abdullah Kassem
Body

“I’m demanding to the resistance not to spare any effort to kidnap more soldiers. The Jews only understand one language—the language of force.”Ernesto Londoño, “Prisoner Swap with Israel Emboldens Hamas,” Washington Post, October 18, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/gilad-shalit-prisoner-swap-israel-prepares-for-the-captive-soldiers-release/2011/10/17/gIQAZ2lFsL_story.html.

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Anti-Israel
Anti-Semitic
Pro-Violence
Threat
Hamas

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