Gilad Shalit

Israel's Netanyahu, The Man Who Can't Lose -- Or Can He?

Bradley Burston | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid, 2012 Election, Bradley Burston, Avigdor Lieberman, Mitt Romney, Israel, Glenn Beck, Hamas, Newt Gingrich, Gilad Shalit, Barack Obama, World News

The clue to Benjamin Netanyahu is the smile. The more that the broken line of the lips relaxes, the more the eyes turn torn, guarded, distantly hostile, a combination lock on a fortune of pain and dread.

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Israel Prepares Second Phase Of Landmark Prisoner Swap

Reuters | Posted 02.14.2012

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* First phase of prisoner exchange completed in October * Prisoners to be released on Sunday JERUSALEM, Dec 15 (Reuters)...

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The Scales of Human Value

Warren Adler | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas, News, Gilad Shalit, World News, World News

I have been trying to make sense out of what appears to be a strange bargain between the Israelis and Hamas to exchange a single kidnapped Israel sold...

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Gilad Shalit, Iran Hiker Josh Fattal And Freedom Of Religion

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Josh Fattal, Iran, Freedom, Prayer, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Freedom of Religion, Gilad Shalit First Shabbat, Gilad Shalit Shabbat, Judaism, Religion News

I was thinking about the reaction to Josh Fattal's safe return home to the U.S. as I read a report about an Israeli Knesset member's outrage that Gilad Shalit traveled to a beach on his first Shabbat of freedom.

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The New U.S. Zionist: Israel-bashing, Made Kosher

Bradley Burston | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Jews, Islam, Terrorism, Bradley Burston, Palestine, Hamas, Palestinians, Zionism, Religion, Politics, Haaretz, Mideast Peace Process, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Judaism, World News

Israel-bashing is not what it used to be. In fact, Israel-bashing is not what it was a week ago. The difference is Gilad Shalit.

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Shalit Is Free. Lift the Siege of Gaza Now.

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Gaza Blockade, Gaza, International Committee of the Red Cross, Gilad Shalit, United Nations, World News

Hamas officials have said that Israel pledged to lift the Gaza blockade as part of the prisoner exchange that freed Shalit. Egyptian officials have also indicated that lifting the blockade was part of the deal. But Israeli officials have said that Israel did not agree.

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Dancing With Injustice on My Mind

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 12.26.2011

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I plan to dance up a storm at my daughter's wedding but will do so remembering the lives of those who have been tossed by a tempest of injustice and who languish forgotten by a community too ashamed of their errors to clamor for simple justice.

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Israel and Hamas: In the Wake of the Prisoners Exchange

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Arab Spring, Hamas, Israel, Egypt, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Prisoner Exchange, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Free, World News

Since the Gaza war, Israel and Hamas have been engaged in a chess game, with each side making marginal gains. Now is the time to make concerted efforts to force a game-changer, without which the region could be headed toward a dangerous and violent explosion.

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The Morality Of Redeeming Captives: Gilad Shalit And The Talmud

Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Israel, Religion and Politics, Religion, Redeeming Captives, Ethics, Judaism, Gilad Shalit Rescue and Jewish Ethics, Talmudic Logic, Gilad Shalit Deal, Jewish Ethics, Pidyon Shivuyim, Gilad Shalit Release, Gilad Shalit, Negotiating With Enemies, Talmud Gilad Shalit, Religion News

he law, as articulated in rabbinic Judaism's founding document, is unambivalent: one does not negotiate with kidnappers. But the sage discussion doesn't stop with a simple rule.

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Freed Palestinian Prisoners Begin New Lives In Gaza

AP | By TARA TODRAS-WHITEHILL | Posted 12.23.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian prisoners sent to the Gaza Strip in a swap for a captive Israeli soldier last week are contemplating the rest of ...

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The New York Times and Israel

David Harris | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, New York Times, Israel, Gilad Shalit, World News, World News

I've been reading the Times pretty much every single day since I was ten-years-old. That's more than a half-century by now. Along the way, I've been informed, inspired, and occasionally infuriated. This week, there was cause for infuriation.

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Highlighting the Palestinian Human Narrative

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.20.2011

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Israeli was very successful in painting a human portrait of Gilad Shalit. Now after the prisoner release, many Palestinian stories are being heard for the first time.

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Negotiating With Terrorists

Joshua Gleis | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran, Turkey, Terrorism, Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Negotiating With Enemies, World News

As long as kidnappings of Israelis continue, Israel will continue to negotiate with terrorists despite every intention and declaration to the contrary.

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Shalit Deal Questions Complex Regional Ties

AP | KARIN LAUB and IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 12.19.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The release of an Israeli soldier by Hamas as part of a prisoner exchange with Israel is reshaping complex regional ties...

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Israelis And Palestinians Celebrate Release Of Prisoners (Photos)

Posted 12.19.2011

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Celebrations rippled through Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday as hundreds of prisoners were reunited with their friends and families ...

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Herman Cain Admits Misspeaking

Posted 12.19.2011

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GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain claimed Tuesday evening that he'd misspoken earlier in the day when he said that he could envision a situation ...

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Egyptian Interview With Gilad Shalit Was Ill-Timed but the Scoop Every Journalist Dreams Of

Ruth Eglash | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Shahira Amin, Gaza, Hamas, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Free, World News

Shahira Amin acted as any other journalist -- Israeli, Arab or other -- would have done if they'd been presented with the chance of interviewing the world's most talked about man.

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Israeli Terror Victims Feel Betrayed by Shalit Prisoner Release Deal

Anav Silverman | Posted 12.19.2011

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"I am not asking for revenge now, I am asking for justice. When the government releases these murderers, who are supposed to serve life sentences for their horrific deeds, there is no justice."

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Israel Must Have a Death Penalty for Terrorists

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Palestine, Death Penalty, Israel, Gilad Shalit Release, Terrorism, Gilad Shalit Free, Gilad Shalit, World News

Why would Israel lock up the most rancid, heartless, and cold-blooded mass murderers in its jails just so that they can serve as a lure for Israelis to be kidnapped in order that these killers be paroled?

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Gilad Shalit Returns to Israel, Moral Dilemma Debate Continues

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 12.18.2011

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As we celebrate the release of Gilad Shalit and the fulfillment of the commandment of the redemption of captives in the middle of the Sukkot festival, we must also pray that Israel is able to protect itself.

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Gilad Shalit's Release: A Heavy-Hearted Celebration

Rabbi Avi Weiss | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Israel, Judaism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Second Intifada, Yehuda Amichai Ecclesiastes, Gilad Shalit Kidnapped, Gilad Shalit Release Celebration, Ecclesiastes, Gilad Shalit Release, Gilad Shalit, Religion News

Which is it? Is the release of Gilad a time of sadness or joy? Is it a time of upset or elation? Is it the time to mourn with the mind or celebrate with the heart?

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Shalit's Release Brings Joy, Pain and a Questionable Future

Anav Silverman | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism, Gilad Shalit, Gaza, World News

Of course the joy didn't last long because in this country, there is always a price that follows a few moments of relief and elation.

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Emotional Welcome In Gaza For Freed Palestinian Prisoners

AP | DIAA HADID and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 12.18.2011

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of flag-waving Palestinians celebrated the homecoming Tuesday of hundreds of prisoners exchanged for a...

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WATCH: Gilad Shalit Freed

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.17.2011

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TEL NOF AIR BASE, Israel (AP) – Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in th...

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Restraint -- Gilad Shalit's Return to Israel

Ami Fields-Meyer | Posted 12.17.2011

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Indeed, this trade, in all its controversy, seeming paradox, and ardent instability, is a consequence of a deep and overwhelming love of life.

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