On June 19, the new chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ze’ev Elkin, tabled a proposed bill enabling the re-jailing of terrorists freed in diplomatic deals. It was six days after the three youths were kidnapped and public sentiment was ripe. According to the proposal, freed inmates can be sent back to jail if they violate the terms of their release or if the government adopts a decision invalidating the prisoner release.
The purpose of the bill, as defined by Elkin in his press release, is to “wipe out the phenomenon of kidnapping civilians and soldiers for the purpose of obtaining some type of terrorist release deal.”