Hamas Sets Conditions to Free Hostages and End War

[thesquanderer]

3. I get your point, but I think you over-state the case...

...by suggesting they've paid no price.

Also, your lines "whole bunch of terrorists, many serving life sencences for murder, released from Israeli jails" and "they want Israel to release thousands of prisoners, including hundreds of convicted terrorists" seem speculative. Based on the article, there was no indication of wanting thousands released. Or for that matter, that they want ones who are convicted terrorists serving life sentences. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I don't see that in the article. The article says they want "the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails according to an agreed-upon number" but in terms of this current negotiation, at least, the article does not indicate how big that number is, or what any of them have been convicted of, or the length of their sentences.

Also, I don't think this is, as you put it, a pre-condition for negotiation to end the war, but rather I think this is an attempt at an actual negotiation to end the war (not merely a pre-condition for further negotiation).