Comments on: On Gilad Shalit’s birthday: three years of captivity http://tcjewfolk.com/gilad-shalit-captivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gilad-shalit-captivity Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Sun, 20 May 2012 21:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jenna Zark http://tcjewfolk.com/gilad-shalit-captivity/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jenna Zark Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:56:15 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=540#comment-29 I believe that in the beginning, the Israeli government was asking people not to talk about it. I think Gilad's family is now asking for help publicly, and I do hope that people respond. If more people who read this and make a fuss about it, more pressure will be put on Hamas. I believe that in the beginning, the Israeli government was asking people not to talk about it. I think Gilad’s family is now asking for help publicly, and I do hope that people respond. If more people who read this and make a fuss about it, more pressure will be put on Hamas.

]]> By: Leora Maccabee http://tcjewfolk.com/gilad-shalit-captivity/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Leora Maccabee Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:31:46 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=540#comment-28 Paul, Jenna, and others - Why do you think there hasn't there been an under-the-table deal between Israel and Hamas to free Gilad? I don't know the history of other similar incidents but it would seem to me that three years is an inordinantly long time for an Israeli to be held captive. And why do you think there has been so little coverage of this issue in the press and (if we dare blame ourselves) so little attention to Gilad's plight in our Jewish communities? Paul, Jenna, and others –

Why do you think there hasn’t there been an under-the-table deal between Israel and Hamas to free Gilad? I don’t know the history of other similar incidents but it would seem to me that three years is an inordinantly long time for an Israeli to be held captive.

And why do you think there has been so little coverage of this issue in the press and (if we dare blame ourselves) so little attention to Gilad’s plight in our Jewish communities?

]]> By: Paul Maccabee http://tcjewfolk.com/gilad-shalit-captivity/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Paul Maccabee Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:26:34 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=540#comment-27 Amen, Jenna: If everyone reading TC Jewfolk were to write Senators Franken and Klobuchar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others (yeah, the Star Tribune too!) to ensure that Gilad's release remains top-of-mind with the public, that would be the best Rosh Hashanah mitzvah we could all do. Thank you for reminding Twin Cities people who care about Israel -- and basic human rights -- about Gilad's ongoing captivity. Paul Maccabee Amen, Jenna:
If everyone reading TC Jewfolk were to write Senators Franken and Klobuchar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others (yeah, the Star Tribune too!) to ensure that Gilad’s release remains top-of-mind with the public, that would be the best Rosh Hashanah mitzvah we could all do. Thank you for reminding Twin Cities people who care about Israel — and basic human rights — about Gilad’s ongoing captivity.
Paul Maccabee

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