CATCH AND RELEASE

Catch and Release (Contentions)
The recent revelation that Palestinian Authority security personnel planned to assassinate the Israeli prime minister in Jericho came and went in the media without much sensation. But the incident is being viewed differently by Israeli officials, who see, in the details of the thwarted attack, the persistence of one of the PA’s most sinister practices—the catch-and-release treatment of Palestinian terrorists—and the stark reality that the current Palestinian leadership remains unserious about preventing terrorism.