Israel Matzav

Who benefits from the Shalit march?

Lest you have any doubt who the biggest fans of the Shalit family march are....

The Detainees’ Support Committee in Gaza called on the Shalit family on Wednesday to continue to pressure their government to secure the release of their son.

The Shalit family is on a 12-day march to Jerusalem, where they plan to camp outside Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s residence until their son is returned home. Gilad, an Israeli soldier, was captured in along the Gaza border four years ago.

Negotiations to swap Gilad for Palestinian prisoners have been unsuccessful so far.

In a statement, the prisoners’ committee questioned why the world is “crying for Shalit” yet ignores the plight of the more than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners, some of whom have spent more than 30 years behind bars, adding, “he is not better than our prisoners; he should not see the light until our prisoners do.”

Reiterating Hamas’ recent statement that the Israeli government is obstructing Shalit’s release, the committee commended Shalit’s family for realizing that “the solution is in the hands of their government.”

The committee insisted that prisoners who have been in Israeli jails since before the 1994 Oslo Agreement must be released in a swap deal.

This list includes more than 310 prisoners, 116 of whom have spent over 20 years in Israeli prisons, and three of whom have been imprisoned for over 30 years.

Israel's four most recent defense ministers are reportedly ready for a deal, according to Israeli press reports on Tuesday.

There are huge differences between Gilad Shalit and all of the 'Palestinian' terrorists. Shalit was kidnapped and is being held without charges and without any kind of legal process. The 'Palestinian' terrorists have all been tried and convicted in Israeli courts. Many of them have blood on their hands. I could go on but you get the picture. Shalit is much 'better' than they are.

But they are rooting for his family to pressure the Israeli government to release their terrorists.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:56 AM