Dan Meridor: Ceasefire deal a heavy price

AlArabiya English

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal is tough for Israel, requiring the release of hundreds convicted of “terrorism,” former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intelligence Dan Meridor says.  #Israel #Gaza

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00:00It's an anomaly of 440 days people are were kidnapped from their homes, from their beds,

00:06are in the hostages and kidnapped by Hamas and we need them back home. And there's a deal,

00:13but I have to say quite a heavy deal. Not easy decision to release from prison hundreds and

00:18hundreds of people who were convicted for terrorism. And there was objection to it in

00:23some parts of the population, but I think the government made the right choice. Heavy one,

00:27risky one, but the obligation, the duty to release our people from prison, from captivity

00:36is overriding. And I think it's a good decision. It's still touchy. I hope it will go on all right.

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