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Bassam Nasser’s op-ed in yesterday’s paper is a must read for every citizen of the world. Nothing could better illustrate the truth about the Palestinian society of Gaza. Nasser argues that it’s just not fair that we Israelis view the prisoners released in exchange for Gilad Schalit as terrorist murderers. After all, everyone in Gaza worships and idolizes them. We should understand that they are heroes, a source of pride and honor to their parents and families, the most eligible bachelors desired by every young Palestinian woman. Political and social organizations will seek out the released killers to advance their...

"The sum of the matter when all has been considered, fear Gd and keep His commandments, for that is man’s purpose...." King Solomon The magnitude of the self-inflicted military disaster in Israel, is beyond words and its destructive potential against Israel and the Jewish people, is simply unimaginable. In a blatant abuse of power, Israel’s corrupt leadership finally got their way and took the country one more step into a national collective suicidal abyss. After five long years, IDF Sergeant Gilad Shalit, was released from the hands of his oppressors, militant Islamic terrorist group, Hamas, based in the Palestinian territories....

Live feed. Pictures of the ongoing release. Either it has already happened or is now happening. This is in Hebrew, but there are some good live footage shots.

Israel has agreed to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a lone soldier held by Gaza’s Islamist rulers. The deal to release Gilad Shalit resolves one of the most emotive issues in the Middle East. Shalit, then 19, was captured by militants who tunnelled their way out of Gaza and forced him back over the border in 2006. The pact is virtually certain to improve the climate for restarting peace talks that have been stalled for over a year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that the deal was 'finally summarised and both sides signed'. In the Gaza Strip, a...

PLEASE PRAY FOR GILAD SHALIT AND MOSAB HASAN YOUSEF Please pray for Gilad Shalit.>> Christian Post article published yesterday: Pro-Israel Epicenter Conference to be Seen, Heard in 200 Nations >> Israel National News item about 2010 Epicenter Conference Many Christians around the world are asking, “What is something I can do right now to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus?” Tonight as the 2010 Epicenter Conference begins, I will be asking Christians to: 1.) Pray for the Lord to protect, encourage, comfort and provide for the immediate release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who has been...

(IsraelNN.com) On Wednesday, just two days before IDF soldier Gilad Shalit’s fourth birthday in Hamas captivity, his sister Hadas will be enlisting in the army. Sources close to the Shalit family say that Hadas is interested in working with soldier welfare or performing psychological testing. Following initial training, she could serve at Troop 71’s Ramat HaGolan command base where her brother also served. Instead of celebrating the enlistment, the Shalit

Israel will not tolerate a nuclear Iran, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry's Diplomatic-Security Bureau, has stressed to The Jerusalem Post in an unusually hard-hitting interview. For now, Israel is backing diplomatic and economic efforts to thwart the Iranians, Gilad added, but it doubts these will work and it is keeping all options open. Asked about the complexities of any resort to military action, particularly since Iran has built its facilities to withstand a repeat of the IAF's 1981 destruction of Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor at Osirak, Gilad replied, tellingly, that domestic critics 27 years ago...

Palestinian militants who captured an Israeli soldier a year ago say he is in good health and being well treated. Cpl Gilad Shalit has not been heard from or seen since his capture on 25 June 2006 in a raid into Israel by Palestinian militants from Gaza. "Shalit is alive and in very good shape," said Abu Mujahid, a spokesman for one of three groups linked to the militant Hamas group that captured him. His father has blamed Israel's prime minister for not securing his release. Noam Shalit said the embattled Ehud Olmert should step down if he failed to...

Report: Shalit to Be Released Sunday 05:22 Sep 15, '06 / 22 Elul 5766 (IsraelNN.com) According to the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Quds Arabi, a deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas towards the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, who fell captive on June 25th. Shalit will be released on Sunday, the Arab media is reporting. According to the early-morning Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) report Friday, the report enjoys widespread coverage in the Arab media.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel warned the governing Palestinian faction Hamas that the "sky will fall on them" if they harm a captured soldier after a deadline passed on Tuesday for the Jewish state to accept a prisoner exchange. While Israeli tanks and infantry massed along the Gaza Strip's northern border for a threatened ground incursion, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the campaign to free Corporal Gilad Shalit could turn into "a long war." Three Palestinian factions, among them the Hamas armed wing, pulled out of negotiations with Egyptian mediators trying to end the standoff over Shalit, a Hamas political leader...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Three Palestinian militant groups that captured an Israeli soldier issued a statement Monday giving Israel less than 24 hours to start releasing 1,500 Palestinian prisoners or "bear all the consequences." ADVERTISEMENT The ultimatum came as Israel made good on its promise to continue its military offensive until the soldier was freed, firing artillery shells and missiles into the coastal strip and massing troops and tanks along the Gaza-Israel border. The militant groups, in a statement posted on the Web site of the ruling Hamas party's military wing, did not expressly say what the consequences would...

Egypt to Hamas: Sunday Morning Deadline 05:00 Jul 02, '06 / 6 Tammuz 5766 by Hana Levi Julian Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak gave Hamas terrorists until Sunday morning to decide whether to accept his proposal for the release of their hostage, IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit. “The proposal is that the Israeli soldier will be freed immediately and in return, Israel will release prisoners in the near future,” said Palestinian Authority sources quoted by the Haaretz news service. Mubarek has reportedly pushed Syrian President Bashar Assad to pressure exiled Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal, whose headquarters are based in Damascus. “At first,...

PRESTWICK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel late on Monday to give diplomacy a chance to win the release of an Israeli soldier taken hostage by militants in Gaza. Palestinians in northern Gaza have begun blocking roads with mounds of earth and Israeli armor has massed on the other side of the Gaza frontier as Israel awaits word on the fate of Corporal Gilad Shalit, who was abducted by Palestinian gunmen and taken to Gaza on Sunday. "There really needs to be an effort now to try and calm the situation, not to let the situation...