If the imbalance of military power favors the Israelis, why do the Israelis have to give up so many more prisoners than what they receive in exchange? Should it not be the opposite if military power determines the terms of the trade?
David Shemano
I don't know what is your point. The Israelis have to give up more prisoners because they have so many prisoners. The Palestinians do not have 400 Israeli prisoners to give up. Because the Palestinians do not have the military strength to capture that many Israelis. Of course if you wish you can extrapolate from that and say that the Palestinians do not have the strength equal to Israel because they are culturally (and racially?) inferior to the Israelis. Is that what you are getting at?
-raghu.
