Ha'aretz's Zvi Barel analyzes Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap today, in which Israel received the bodies of two Israeli reservists who died after being kidnapped in 2006 by Hezbollah. Olmert: We paid a high price due to moral duty to troops. Background on very low profile German intelligence officer Gerhard Conrad who coordinated the swap. More on Gerhard C. here. More analysis of the Israeli rationale for the swap here.

Posted by Laura at July 16, 2008 10:21 AM