15 people. the guy that planned that bombing. someone who planned a suicide bombing of a jerusalem cafe that killed seven civilians. and on and on and on. why is netanyahu making this trade and allowing all of these terrorists to go free? >> what "the post" is missing is three things. the trade is wildly popular in israel. people really applaud the prime minister for doing it. second of all ever since the israelis built the security fence the threat and reality of terrorism have dramatically receded so israelis correctly calculated they can let a lot of these people go. it won't become a real physical threat. thirdly, by helping hamas a little bit here, it sticks, points the stick a little bit at the palestinian authority. the israelis did not like the speech he gave to the u.n. very unhappy with the speech and the whole gambit of going to the u.n. this is a way of playing the palestinians off. so for all of these reasons this makes strategic and political sense for the prime minister of israel. >> it's -- americans can't