The French have come out firmly and strongly against the arrest of Hamas members. What a great bunch of folks.
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy condemned the arrest of the Hamas officials, saying that diplomacy was the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and that political figures should not be arrested.
Israel stated that the arrests were made as part of a criminal investigation into the Hamas officials' involvement in a terrorist organization. Israeli officials insisted that the detainees would be entitled to legal representation, and would be released if suspicions against them were proved unfounded.
You have factions in the Palestinian territories who have kidnapped people, with Hamas support. You have factions who murder kidnapped students. You have factions who claim to have launched chemical weapons into Israel. You have factions that bombard civilians with rockets. You have factions that send murder bombers walking into fast food restaurants.
And you honestly think negotiations will work?
The French: Terminal rectal-cranial inversion.
Political prisoners should not be taken? Perhaps, but soldiers and INNOCENT CIVILIANS, who are non-combatants, should not be abducted by terrorists in a politically-motivated action! The French are their own worst enemy.
What the frogs forgot is that taking these prisoners IS diplomacy. At least in that neck of the desert.