Aliyana Traison, Haaretz Correspondent: VIDEO: Two years after his kidnap, U.S. kids read Gilad Shalit's tale of co-existence
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Title:Buy a clue Bashar, Shalit was not in Gaza
Name:Jacob Blues
City: New York CityState: NY
He was taken hostage in a cross border attack by the Palestinians that resulted in the death of the other members of the tank squad.

And for the record, his kidnapping took place about a year AFTER Israel pulled out of Gaza.

Unlike Palestinians in Israeli prisons, he has no access to the outside world and no access to legal representation.