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...people congregated to show support for civilian victims of violence in Israel and voice their opinions about the conflict, Rohr said. The gathering lasted for half an hour, as demonstrators waved Israeli flags and held up signs demanding peace and the release of the imprisoned Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Palestinians affiliated with Hamas in June. Dana A. Stern ’09, who was at the HSI gathering, said she was disappointed that members of the PSC did not attend yesterday’s gathering. “I feel it was inappropriate for them...
...media that Palestinian militants might use the cease-fire to re-arm themselves in Gaza. Still, Olmert is hoping that if he and the Palestinians can make a truce stick, the two enemies may build up trust to hammer out a deal swapping an Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, kidnapped on June 25 in Gaza, for hundreds of Palestinians inside Israeli jails...
...Palestinian negotiators warn, however, that before the biologist's government is installed, Israel will have to lift its siege of Gaza and free dozens of captive Hamas parliamentarians. But that will only happen if Palestinian militants release Corporal Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier snatched on the Gaza border last June. Negotiations are underway to free the corporal, but complications could arise...
...real reason why the U.S., the EU, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia supported the position that Hamas instigated this recent conflict in Gaza: They were brainwashed by the biased mass media. Unfortunately, Mr. Moore’s facile and foolish belief that the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was Israel’s only motivation for its incursion into Gaza misstates the root cause of Israel’s actions. The kidnapping of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, a direct violation of Israel’s borders and an internationally recognized act of war, was the straw that broke the camel?...
...southern Lebanon on the first of the month, as promised—but there is no end in sight to the war between Israel and Hamas, the militant Islamic organization responsible for years of suicide bombings in Israel and for the June 25 kidnapping of Israeli solider Gilad Shalit, which precipitated the most recent conflict in the Middle East...