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Hamas members painting the Gilad Shalit mural Wednesday
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Last update - 18:23 16/04/2009
Hamas murals depict abducted IDF soldier Shalit in 30 years
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Gilad Shalit, Gaza 

Hamas militants painted murals of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit and missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad Wednesday night in the Jabalyah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.

The graffiti portrays Shalit as he looks in 2009 next to a mock-up of how the soldier will look after another 30 years in captivity, his hair grey and his face beset by wrinkles.

The murals were painted during a demonstration held to mark Prisoners' Day, presumably in a bid to tilt Israeli public opinion in favor of a prisoner exchange with Hamas.
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During a rally held four months ago to mark the 21st anniversary of the founding of Hamas, the Islamic group performed a skit where an operative dressed in an IDF uniform mimicked Shalit, portraying the soldier complaining in Hebrew about how he "misses mommy and daddy."

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      1.   Not a shred of human decency 14:33  |  The Prophet 16/04/09
      2.   Starving a million people is humane on the other hand 15:14  |  Ahmad 16/04/09
      3.   So, they dont want a state in 30 years? 15:36  |  Marco Mauas 16/04/09
      4.   BIBI SHOULD ANNOUNCE ONE CAST LEAD EVERY THREE MONTHS 15:50  |  Freethinker 16/04/09
      5.   It is readable as a Freudian slip: "in 30 years, no State for us" 16:16  |  Marco Mauas 16/04/09
      6.   Yes Ahmad 16:29  |  Jess 16/04/09
      7.   This is a clear war crime 16:35  |  Sherman 16/04/09
      8.   So, they dont want a state in 30 years? 17:00  |  Marco Mauas 16/04/09
      9.   War of the roses 17:07  |  Muslim 16/04/09
      10.   Hamas mural 17:31  |  Nechama 16/04/09
      11.   SHOW ME PICTURES OF STARVING GAZANS, AHMAD, 17:38  |  Freethinker 16/04/09
      12.   Shalit is a `bargaining chip.` 18:05  |  Lou Medel 16/04/09
      13.   #6 Nechama refer to #3. Murderous isn`t it? Israeli? 18:11  |  Lou Medel 16/04/09
      14.   prisinor 18:14  |  yuval 16/04/09
      15.   Israel could have Gilad Shalit returned to his family 18:17  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/04/09
      16.   I think Google needs to sort its mural ads out. 18:34  |  Michael 16/04/09
      17.   Remember the IDF soldiers T-shirts? 18:48  |  Rafael 16/04/09
      18.   that`s why we might never give them a state 18:54  |  pierre 16/04/09
      19.   Nechama # 5 Do you not understand there is a war on over there? 19:04  |  American in NY 16/04/09
      20.   why havent they drawn a skeleton yet? 19:06  |  Ackmed 16/04/09
      21.   to American No. 9 19:58  |  Jackie 16/04/09
      22.   American in NY: the difference is that they predict the future 20:14  |  Marco Mauas 16/04/09
      23.   American in NY 20:18  |  George Kaplan 16/04/09
      24.   WHAT IS ISRAEL GOING TO DO??? 20:35  |  badie 16/04/09
      25.   surprised 20:53  |  yuval 16/04/09
      26.   So, they dont want a state in 30 years? 21:18  |  Marco Mauas 16/04/09
      27.   Pathetic 21:33  |  ScotGuy 16/04/09
      28.   #13 21:37  |  Hillel 16/04/09
      29.   #2 about those starving million people 22:03  |  T 16/04/09
      30.   Metanyahu govt. will never bring Shalit home 22:07  |  Mike 16/04/09
      31.   I guess Muslim artists have come a long way,painting the human 22:26  |  Susanna/shoshana 16/04/09
      32.   Why is Hamas starving a million people Ahmad? 22:30  |  david 16/04/09
      33.   American in New York 22:34  |  Arnold 16/04/09
      34.   #15 incorrect again 22:36  |  lebron 16/04/09
      35.   American in NY 22:36  |  david 16/04/09
      36.   Must be good for shalit--knowing he will be alive 22:46  |  Evelyn 16/04/09
      37.   Sad, Sick World 23:12  |  Carole 16/04/09
      38.   # 4 Muslim.......the real War of the Roses 23:58  |  Lynn 16/04/09
      39.   #2 Ahmed....yes, starving the casualties of Darfur 00:01  |  Lynn 17/04/09
      40.   Hamas 00:21  |  The Teacher/Instruct 17/04/09
      41.   Cruel: True to Fundamental Character 01:31  |  Brad 17/04/09
      42.   Rafael: Here is the difference 01:36  |  Brad 17/04/09
      43.   #2 Starving and Hamas 01:51  |  Giora 17/04/09
      44.   It is what the Government of Israel wants 02:08  |  Mark Lincoln 17/04/09
      45.   American in NY 02:38  |  Giora 17/04/09
      46.   Sick 03:15  |  E 17/04/09
      47.   jackie # 10 They are not treated as prisioners of war 03:15  |  American in NY 17/04/09
      48.   George Kaoplan Irgun & Stern, Terrorists or Freedom fighters? 03:18  |  American in NY 17/04/09
      49.   Best Post so far: 03:33  |  Jasper 17/04/09
      50.   #24 Mark Lincoln 04:02  |  Giora 17/04/09
      51.   Take hamas murderers out of Israeli Hilton and start dropping 05:56  |  glenna 17/04/09
      52.   Mark Lincoln-2 faced but fear not,the strip will be closed 06:24  |  Susanna/Shoshana 17/04/09
      53.   T-shirts and murals, not a dimes worth of difference... 07:18  |  BBSNews 17/04/09
      54.   Hey Jasper, I suggest you branch out from fantasy... 07:31  |  BBSNews 17/04/09
      55.   AM in NY Do you realise Arabs get Red Cross visits receive & send 09:32  |  PETER SM 17/04/09
      56.   NEED Murals to show Hamastan will look in 30 years! 09:35  |  PETER SM 17/04/09
      57.   #47 American NUTJOB in NY 18:40  |  *BEN JABO 17/04/09
      58.   Ass Trisks Bin Jabin # 57 Your stupidity is sometimes amusing 20:57  |  American in NY 18/04/09
      59.   AM Nutjob in NY 17:48  |  *BEN JABO 20/04/09
      60.   Israel could have Shalit returned 06:05  |  Janice 25/04/09
      61.   Starving? Right, moron. 05:20  |  Sean 27/06/09
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