It's an Insult to Germany For Israel Not To Release Murdrers of Jews?

Der Spiegel has an unbelievable headline, "An Israeli Affront Against Germany". Check out what Der Spiegel considers an affront:

The Mossad operation is a particular affront to the Germans. Since last summer, current BND head Ernst Uhrlau has been acting at the behest of the Israeli government as a liaison between Jerusalem and Hamas. He sought the release of roughly a thousand Palestinian prisoners held by the Israelis and, in return, Hamas was to set free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was abducted by Palestinian militants in 2006.

The BND official was in Israel just a few days before Jan. 19 to discuss the next steps in the negotiations. By then the hit squad must have been already on its way to Dubai.

The BND negotiator also returned to the region following the murder in Dubai, but neither before nor after the assassination did his colleagues in Israeli intelligence brief him on their risky plot.

This marks the second time that the Germans have been snubbed. In late December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected at the last moment a detailed agreement that his negotiator Hagai Hadas had hammered out with Hamas via the German intelligence agency. BND head Uhrlau has admitted internally that he currently sees no chance of reaching an agreement in the Shalit case.

This sentiment was also echoed by Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar. He said it's impossible to make an agreement with the infidels, and cited a line from the second Surah of the Koran: "Is it not so that every time they made a promise, some of them cast it aside?"

Zahar said it had been difficult to convince Khalid Mashaal, the exiled political leader of Hamas in Damascus, Syria, to approve the deal. Netanyahu's subsequent rejection seriously damaged his reputation within Hamas, says Zahar. "I have suffered a lot internally," he adds. "I am not ready to negotiate anymore."

So because Israel has not released scores of murderous terrorists, that frustrated the German negotiator. He got even more frustrated when the Israelis killed a murderer. So friggin what? I don't think Israel has the responsibility to make anyone happy other than their own people. And certainly not German negotiators.