@zensky, I didn’t know about this story, but I checked your links. Am I reading this correctly? In order to bring one captured soldier home, Israel’s government is releasing 1000 prisoners, including some who may not have had any political or military motivations—they are just murderers? I must be misunderstanding. To whose benefit is the release, and how is that serving to bring the one prisoner home?
From your answer in response to the wording of the question, it sounds like you are saying the prime minister did right to act without consulting the feelings of the group. Was that your meaning?