Who Is Gilad Shalit?

Gilad Shalit is an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped by Hamas militants on June 25th 2006. He was held in an unknown location in the Gaza strip for over 5 years, with nobody having any knowledge about his current state. The Hamas militants held him in captivation and isolation for 1941 days, until his release on October 18th 2011, as part of a prisoner exchange. This exchange being Gilad Shalit, for 1027 Arab prisoners, most of them terrorists. Now, of course, all the Israeli citizens wanted Gilad freed, but they obviously didn't want the person responsible for their child's death to be released back into the world to kill more people. Me, I think that yes, the deal is CRAZY, and completely unfair, but i still think Israel did the right thing when they agreed to the prisoner swap. You would think I'm crazy, but that is why i made this blog. I want to share my opinions about why I think the Shalit deal was worth it for Israel(I'm not saying it's good/fair), and would like to hear different opinions from different people.

Monday 23 January 2012

Ron Arad

Heard of Ron Arad? Well, if you have not, Ron Arad was also an Israeli soldier, in the air forces actually. During a war his plane crashed and Arab militants captured him. He was then captured in an unknown location, just like Gilad Shalit,but instead of being released after 5 years, he was presumed dead after around 25 years. Why do you think there is such a big difference?what made Gilad Shalit so special?
 leave your thoughts in the comment section ;)
Posted by at 13:51

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Twitter Bird Gadget