Rosenwasser Released in Exchange for Terrorist TEL AVIV (JTA) — Shmuel life imprisonment came about after enemy hands and this could not be Rosenwasser, 52-year-old Israeli the death sentence was pronounced prevented. watchman who was kidnaped by and Hidjazi agreed to cooperate Minister of Religious Affairs terrorists from his post at Metul- with the authorities in exchange Zerach Warhaftig, however, took lah on New Year's Eve, 1969, to for a second trial. the view that It was in the Jewish spend 424 days in captivity, napped Sharp differences appeared in tradition to "redeem captives" by terrorists from his post at the cabinet when the government and his pleading apparently Metullah on New Year's Eve, 1969, was asked to approve the pris- moved a majority of the cabinet spend 424 days in captivity, was oner exchange for the release of to approve the "deal." returned to Israel last Friday, tired Rosenwasser. The modest Rosenwasser home and bedraggled but delighted to be Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, near Haifa was jammed with well- reunited with his family. Transport Minister Shimon Peres wishers and flowers as hundreds of Rosenwasser was released by his and Police Minister Shlomo Hillel people came to greet Rosenwasser captors in exchange for a notor- reportedly thought the price de- after his 14-month captivity. Their ious terrorist. Mahmoud Hidjazi, manded for Rosenwasser's freedom teen-age daughter, Ounika, went to who was serving a life sentence too high. But they were out- school as usual and later distrib- in an Israeli prison and who had voted voted by a majority of their cabi- uted some of the flowers they re- originally been sentenced to death. net colleagues. ceived to neighbors. The prisoner exchange was ef- Sources here indicated that 10 Sources disclosed that Rosen- fected at the Lebanese border post Lebanese soldiers captured in an could have been freed much of Ras el Nikura under the aus- wasser Israeli raid shortly after the Rosen- pices of the International Red sooner bad Israel agreed to El wasser kidnaping may soon be re- Fatah demands to negotiate through Cross. the Red Crescent and to free sev- turned to Lebanon. The soldiers Rosenwasser, who had been eral dozen terrorists in exchange are being held as prisoners of war. moved fr or J dun tl y to a Israel om recen offered to release only one guerrilla encampmea near Da- terrorist and insisted on negotiat- PLACE YOUR PASSOVER mascus, was escorted to the Is- ing through the International Red ORDERS NOW raeli lines only after Hidjazi was Cross. placed in a car and driven into But even that offer was opposed Lebanon. _The Israeli was taken to by Dayan, Peres and Hillel on a police • station for a medical grounds that any exchange with check7up and was then taken home the kidnapers would look like a to his wife and daughter who now surrender and could lead to more FARM VALLI' GARDENS live near Haifa. He told newsmen kidnapings. They argued that as PR 2-4350 that he- had no complaints about long as Israel is at war, some World-Wide Delivery the conditions of his imprisonment individuals were likely to fall into and that all he wanted now was to rest and be with his family. Rosenwasser's release followed prolonged negotiations d u r i n g which the terrorists insisted that . Israel negotiate directly with them through the Arab Red Crescent. Is- rael maintained that it would deal only with the authorities in Leb- anon where Rosenwasser was tak- en initially by his captors before being moved to Jordan. Israel also insisted that it would only nego- tiate through the Red Cross. The first inkling that a "deal" was in the offing came last week when Israeli authorities advised Rosenwasser's wife and teen-age daughter to postpone a trip to the United States, where they planned to seek public support for Rosen- wasser's release. 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