“Your return is a new victory and the future with you will only be a shining march in which we

“Your return is a new victory and the future with you will only be a shining march in which we achieve the sovereignty of our land and the freedom of people.”

President Michel Suleiman

Of Lebanon, welcoming five Lebanese militants freed from prisons in Israel in exchange for the bodies of two captured Israeli soldiers.

“What we’ve done now has made kidnapping soldiers the most profitable game in town. There is absolutely no reason why Hezbollah should not invest huge resources now, along with Hamas, in the next kidnapping.”

Martin Sherman

Israeli security expert, on Israel’s prisoner exchange with Lebanese guerrillas.