One video in exchange for the release of several Palestinian prisoners? The knowledge that Shalit is alive, unlike the two kidnapped soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser whose corpses were exchanged for Palestinian prisoners not so very long ago. How good a deal is that? How proportionate?
A resounding silence from the usual bunch who screech ‘disproportionate’ every time the numbers don’t tally. A bit quiet now though aren’t they.
It’s good news to see that Gilad Shalit looks okay on the video.
Even the female anchor on BBC news 24 managed to appear fairly glad. She was quick to point out however, that it wasn’t poor Gilad’s fault he was in the beastly Israeli army. He, and all young Israelis are forced to join. So it was okay to suspend our dislike of Israeli soldiers in this one case. Momentarily.
His relative was even given air time to explain that Israel is surrounded by enemies, and that people in the UK who have had a taste of terrorism courtesy of the IRA shouldn’t forget what it’s like as they sit comfortably at home casting dispersions on Israel, and furthermore Hamas is a terrorist organisation.
That told ‘em.
Yes, Gilad Shalit is not the BBC’s Ethiopian Binyam Mohamed.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3784612,00.html
It’s all one big game to Palestinians. As for them being victims, get a load of this, the fake funeral scene is hilarious!
Modus operandi: ‘injured’ victim with gunshot wound / head injury / dead leg / whatever gets surrounded by group of obliging youths, is carried some short distance to some older youths / adults, ambulance turns up seconds later amid much fuss and shouting, victim is manhandled onto van, no matter how severe his injuries, all filmed in readiness for His Divine Grace Jeremy Bowen. Once you’ve seen one or two of these you’ve seen ’em all.
Repeat until left-wing media becomes truly captivated.
Just noticed the BBC headline Tape shows Shalit “safe and well” – what sort of sick individual thought up that? In what way is he safe exactly?
Well Israeli Prime Minister said “the knowledge that he is safe and well should encourage us all” so you can’t really have a go at the beeb for that one.
The cruelty of Israel’s Islamic enemies is unmatched. They know that to keep family members in ignorance of the condition of their loved ones, not even letting them know if they are alive or dead, is the worst thing they can possibly do to them. And they do it with relish. Thus the Goldwasser and Regev families were not told a word about the two soldiers until Hezbollah returned their bodies.
And there has been complete silence about the fate of Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad, shot down in Lebanon 23 years ago.
So the video of Gilad Shalit, after three years of anguish during which Hamas allowed his family one letter from him, simply represents Hamas pretending to be civilised so as to get the backing of the “International Community” for the release of as many Palestinian terrorists as possible in exchange for Shalit.
This is what Israel faces, and as always faced from her barbaric enemies. The “International Community” would do well to become aware of that fact.
The BBC probably think Shalit is enjoying his Palestinian holiday. After all the BBC are always very well treated by these lovely Palestinians.
Yes; I wonder why the pro-Hamas BBC reporters choose to base themselves in Israel to do their ‘reporting’ -in the country which the BBC then insults daily.
No surprise really. Israel is a 1st World country with high press freedom; all the technology to do their job; legal alcohol and women who not forced to wear a sack over their heads. In an hour or less they can be in 3rd World country with no press freedom; limited technology; no alcohol and burkhas.
It’s a tough job to be a BBC Middle East correspondent but someone has to do it.
“As I have said before, Israel is in a rough neighbourhood…”
http://www.israelsituation.com/2009/10/state-of-the-peace-process/
The BBC has a biased anti-Israel comment about how one of the release women, Fatima Yunus al-Zak, had a child in prison; but the BBC makes no reference as to why she was in prison. Some reporting assistance for the BBC:
“Fatima Yunus al-Zak – Held without bail pending trial for charges of undergoing paramilitary training, attempted murder, and possession of a weapon.”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1117866.html
She is pictured getting out of car, towards end of BBC piece:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8286206.stm
Just out of curiosity. How would and should Britain act if an English soldier was held prisoner with no contact with the Red Cross and no evidence that he was alive or dead? Would the Red Cross be silent at this breach of the Geneva Conventions? How much would/should the Government be willing to pay for evidence that soldier was alive?
How would the BBC report it?