Buried in this human-interest piece about Nava Applebaum's grieving fiancee is the following shocking tidbit:

When he heard from his sister that people feared Nava had been hurt in the bombing, he went to Shaare Zedek Hospital, where some of the victims had gone and where her father was the head of the emergency room.
He and many family members waited there for news of Nava, already knowing that her father, David Applebaum, was dead. The two had gone together to the caf for coffee.
In response to how he felt about the news that the man responsible for the attack was among the 343 Palestinian prisoners released this summer, Sand said, "I never believed in peace. I knew it was a mistake, I didn't believe the lack of peace could impact me so much."
(Emphasis added.)
Has anyone else seen this information about the bomber's identity as a just-released prisoner? And if it's true, can anyone in good conscience criticize Israel for not releasing more prisoners over the summer as a "confidence-building measure" (that was, of course, not even included in the "road map")?

I'm having a lot of trouble getting over the killings of Dr. Applebaum and his not-to-be-married daughter. (Apparently Dr. Applebaum went to high school with my father-in-law.) In this day, has civilization advanced farther than the case of Dr. Applebaum? And when you consider that the Palestinians have consistently refused the benefits the rest of the world has tried to give them in favor of killing people like Dr. Applebaum, aren't those who support the Palestinians over Israel supporting the negation of civilization? Keep in mind, Dr. Applebaum and his daughter weren't just killed by a Palestinian terrorist. Their deaths were celebrated by Palestinains in Gaza.
Try this one, NY Times. One side in the "encounter" devoted his life to healing the victims of illness and terorrism, and was about to marry off a daughter raised in the same tradition. The other aimed to destroy the life so devoted, and was widely applauded by his own side for doing so.
Civilization, and its negation.

UPDATE: Apparently the terrorist in question may have been released before the summer's hudna-inspired release. It still doesn't exactly support the argument for future "confidence-building measures." (Thanks to commenters on Protocols for the link.)
ANOTHER UPDATE: Protocols has done some additional research (i.e., contacting the author of the JPost story) and the results don't engender great confidence in the Post story.