I’m sure it is too late to save my soul, and that I’m a bleeding-heart liberal self-hating Jew who also hates Israel and everything having to do with Jews/Israel/Falafel.

If that is the case, so be it. But for once I’ll give the Israeli government some praise. Way to be the bigger man here, champ. It sure seems like it’s been a while.

Israel released from prison one of the founders of Hamas, who had been imprisoned for five years for terrorist activities.” (Jewish Week)

Look. I’m waaaay too American to know or care what happens during Ramadan. But it seems that annual custom says that terrorists should be freed during this holiday. So Israel did a mitzva.