you can’t negotiate these deals in the papers, not before and not now.

Kuntar’s deal was public? hardly

Today’s Haaretz said that in only one earlier prisoner exchange was there ever an invocation of military censorship.

the rightists dont even talk about their killed loved ones

That is blatantly false. They talk about their dead loved ones all the time. But I have no problem w. that. They should. That is the issue uppermost in their mind & I would expect them to try to make it uppermost in the minds of every Israeli. What I wouldn’t expect is that every Israeli would agree that the particular concerns of terror victims should be the primary consideration for making policy. A consideration certainly, but not the primary one.

an American lecture about stolen land and democratic values

This is a JEWISH lecture about stolen land and democratic values, buddy. That’s what ticks you off. If it was only an American lecture you could blow it off. But a Jewish lecture is a bit harder to ignore.

the rightists dont even talk about their killed loved ones, just the future danger of putting murderers back in the street, nobody is stoping them of debating this, they want to harm the deal because of Hamas’s internal pressures, since when are diplomatic negotiations public? we saw how well that turned out in the Iran-U.S. talks.

an American lecture about stolen land and democratic values, good one.

they don’t want land?

Actually, they only want land that has been stolen from them. Do you see Palestinians ever attempting to encroach on Israeli land as Israelis do on Palestinian land?

if Israel wants MB as president why is he behind bars?

Pragmatic Israeli pols want Barghouti out of prison & in a leadership role because they believe he could deliver a peace deal. But many intelligence, military & political leaders fear releasing him could create a monster they will not be able to control. That is why he hasn’t been released till now. Also, Israelis were possibly continuing to hold him as a hostage in just such an eventuality when they would need to exchange him for an Israeli prisoner (such things have happened in the past).

when was such a deal public knowledge in the past?

Virtually all, including Sami Kuntar the most recent.

Shalit’s freedom wouldn’t be diminshed one inch.

Unsurprisingly, you don’t understand how real democracy works both because you don’t live in one & you don’t appreciate democratic values. Of course, if there is no full-fledged debate about this issue then rightists will rightly point out that Shalit’s freedom was won at the expense of the memories of their loved ones killed by these very same terrorists. There is no read Shalit should have to feel any sting or blame. But if there is no debate beforehand he is more liable to these kinds of attacks. Also, the motives of the government in the midst of such secrecy will be doubted before & after the deal is sealed.

if Israel wants MB as president why is he behind bars? why would Palestinians go along with this evil plan? they don’t see what you see?

the only thing clear is your partisan, simplistic approach, you have more than one side here.