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deal we strike.
”
Peres immediately objected, 
saying it would mark the 
first time Israel would “free 
prisoners who have murdered 
innocent civilians.
”
“If we give in to the hijackers’ 
demand and release terrorists, 
everyone will understand us, 
but no one will respect us,
” 
Peres said. “If, on the other 
hand, we conduct a military 
operation to free the hostages, 
it is possible that no one will 
understand us, but everyone 
will respect us, depending of 
course on the outcome of the 
operation.
”
Rabin shot back that without 
a plan, there was no choice. 
“You know as well as I do that 
the relatives of the hostages 
are stalking us day and night,
” 
Rabin continued. “They are 
beside themselves with fear, 
clamoring for us to make an 
exchange, and for good reason.
”
Peres relented and voted with 
the others on the ministerial 
committee in support of 
opening negotiations.
The next morning Rabin 
received the unanimous 
support of the full cabinet and 
then informed the Knesset 
Foreign Affairs Committee, 
which included opposition 
leader Menachem Begin. 
Begin quickly caucused 
with several members of his 
party. “Who knows better 
than me what it means to 
take a stand on a matter 
of principle,
” said Begin, 
who spent time in a Soviet 
gulag before immigrating to 
Palestine and then living for 
several years on the run from 
British authorities. “One of my 
principles is not to negotiate 
with terrorists. But when Jewish 
lives are at stake every principle 
must go by the board. We 
must rescue our brethren from 
execution.
”

Next, Begin, who just five 
years later as prime minister 
would order a surprise strike 
on Iraq’s nuclear reactor, let 
Rabin know that absent a 
credible military rescue plan, he 
had the opposition’s support for 
negotiations.
Soon after Israel’s decision 
to enter negotiations, however, 
the IDF produced its plan, 
shifting the calculus for 
Rabin and the other political 
leaders in support of a military 
option — even with the risk 
of casualties, among both the 
hostages and the Israeli soldiers 
sent to rescue them.
“If we have a military option,
” 
the prime minister said, “we 
have to take it, even if the price 
is heavy, rather than give in to 
the terrorists.
”
In 2024, no comparable 
rescue plan appears to be on 
the table, but the contours of 
the debate are similar: Some 
believe that negotiating with 
terrorists is succumbing to 
blackmail and argue Israel must 
press for a decisive military 
victory over Hamas. Others 
insist that in the interest of 
saving Israeli lives, even once 
unthinkable deals must be on 
the table. 
It was Peres, then president 
of Israel, who expressed the 
anguish of such choices when 
he signed off ceremonially 
on the deal that freed Shalit 
in 2011. “My decision in this 
matter to exercise my authority 
in no way pardons or forgives 
these murderers and criminals,
” 
he said. “I do not forgive and 
forget. The sense of loss will 
never be erased. The heroism 
of the victims will not be 
forgotten.
” 

Ami Eden is the CEO and executive 

editor of the Jewish Telegraphic 

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For West Bloomfield
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David 
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For West Bloomfield
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36 year West Bloomfeld resident and member
of Adat Shalom Synagogue and The Shul

For West Bloomfield
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 Initiated hazardous material

collection days

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David 
Flaisher
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For West Bloomfield
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 Protect woodlands & wetlands 

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Township Supervisor | Box 250182 W. Bloomfield, MI 48322

David 
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36 year West Bloomfeld resident and member
of Adat Shalom Synagogue and The Shul

For West Bloomfield
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Paid for by committee to elect David Flaisher for West Bloomfield 

Township Supervisor | Box 250182 W. Bloomfield, MI 48322

David 
Flaisher
David 
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36 year West Bloomfeld resident and member
of Adat Shalom Synagogue and The Shul

For West Bloomfield
Township Supervisor

 Initiated hazardous material

collection days

 Ethics, integrity, transparency 

 Protect woodlands & wetlands 

 Repeal the "Recession Tax"

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Paid for by committee to elect David Flaisher for West Bloomfield 

Township Supervisor | Box 250182 W. Bloomfield, MI 48322

David 
Flaisher
David 
Flaisher

36 year West Bloomfeld resident and member
of Adat Shalom Synagogue and The Shul

For West Bloomfield
Township Supervisor

 Initiated hazardous material

collection days

 Ethics, integrity, transparency 

 Protect woodlands & wetlands 

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