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Noam Shalit: PM hasn't done enough toward Gilad's release
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent

Noam Shalit, father of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, accused Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday of not doing enough to secure his release.

"There are no meaningful negotiations," said Noam Shalit, adding that there has been a total failure to achieve solid results. Shalit spoke Tuesday to mark his son's 21st birthday, and the second birthday Gilad Shalit has spent in captivity.

Gilad Shalit's friends and family celebrated his 21st birthday in a public rally in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Gilad Shalit's relatives placed a large birthday cake in the middle of Rabin Square.

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The organizers - neighbors of the Shalit family - handed out refrigerator magnets reading, "Gilad Shalit, we're waiting for you back home," and stickers reading, "Don't let apathy kill them."

Signs were also posted throughout the country marking Shalit's birthday.

Gilad Shalit was abducted near the Gaza security fence on June 25 last year by a group of gunmen from Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees, and a previously unknown group calling itself the Army of Islam. Hamas has reportedly been holding Shalit since the abduction.

Noam Shalit asked the leading Hamas newspaper to print a birthday letter to his son but the editor refused to run it, according to an Israeli advocacy group for abducted soldiers.

The group said Noam Shalit had used Palestinian and Israeli mediators to ask the Gaza-based newspaper, Palestine, to run a personal letter ahead of his son's 21st birthday Tuesday - his second in captivity - but that the editor said he would not cooperate with Israelis.

Noam Shalit has previously sent a letter to his son to the Palestinian paper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, considered an independent newspaper, but this time he said he was interested only in having it run in a Hamas paper.




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  1.   Hamas are nothing but low lifes and need to be removed 05:19  |  Hausman 28/08/07
  2.   Gilad Shalit 05:52  |  Gilad Shalit 28/08/07
  3.   In the name of Allah the mercifull? 06:42  |  PETER SM 28/08/07
  4.   Publicity Stunt 07:03  |  Natallie Durson 28/08/07
  5.   #3 PeterSM. 07:45  |  Maureen Ann 28/08/07
  6.   israeli lifes worth more than pali ones? 08:00  |  paulo2006 28/08/07
  7.   #4 N.D. 08:17  |  Ben Bekhor 28/08/07
  8.   Unreasonable Cruelty 08:40  |  democrat 28/08/07
  9.   I DON`T UNDERSTAND THIS EXPECTATION 09:48  |  indrajaya 28/08/07
  10.   PAULO.2006.The Red Cross and the families visit the Arabs 09:51  |  PETER SM 28/08/07
  11.   #4, Durson: "private birthday card" 10:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/08/07
  12.   #8, democrat 10:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/08/07
  13.   A SOLUTION!!!! 10:12  |  Bob X 28/08/07
  14.   Paliwood(Nat dirtson) 10:15  |  BossHog 28/08/07
  15.   # 7 Ben: Yes a publicity stunt 10:15  |  Natallie Durson 28/08/07
  16.   Democratic and humanitarian Hamas, just take a good 10:20  |  Avner 28/08/07
  17.   Paulo, do you still maintain that Israel 10:22  |  Avner 28/08/07
  18.   Thank you, #8. 10:30  |  Giles Martin 28/08/07
  19.   Shalit is a POW 11:05  |  wibism 28/08/07
  20.   Hamas - a bunch of loosers 11:06  |  ScotGuy 28/08/07
  21.   WIBISM.Why not Red Cross&Family visits?Then no need for 11:15  |  PETER SM 28/08/07
  22.   #Natalie Durson and Paulo. 11:15  |  Maureen Ann 28/08/07
  23.   19. wibism: Shalit is a hostage 11:18  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  24.   To the Shalit family 11:20  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  25.   #8 democrat - Hamas 11:25  |  Amir 28/08/07
  26.   9. indrajaya. You are right this time 11:28  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  27.   8. democrat: Unreasonable Cruelty 11:31  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  28.   25. Amir: That is a lie 11:33  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  29.   Pettiness 11:38  |  Mr. T 28/08/07
  30.   # 26, KUTW (JUST KEEP TALKING TO THOSE TERRORISTS) 11:47  |  indrajaya 28/08/07
  31.   # 26, KUTW (JUST KEEP TALKING TO THOSE TERRORISTS) 11:47  |  indrajaya 28/08/07
  32.   Detention and Torture 11:49  |  Dav 28/08/07
  33.   To # 1 (Housman) 11:49  |  Qais 28/08/07
  34.   #4 Publicity Stunts 11:58  |  ScotGuy 28/08/07
  35.   To all the Pal. family 12:11  |  Dav 28/08/07
  36.   Hamas people harm themselves more than 12:11  |  Hisham Masri 28/08/07
  37.   Hamas knows no mercy 12:11  |  Rachman 28/08/07
  38.   Sympathy for Shalit + family 12:23  |  Simon Jenkins 28/08/07
  39.   30 indrajaya: THOSE TERRORISTS 12:28  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  40.   35. Dav: compasionate to murderous terrorists 12:30  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  41.   Shalit`s status 12:34  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 28/08/07
  42.   38 Simon Jenkins 12:36  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  43.   # 39, KUTW 12:39  |  indrajaya 28/08/07
  44.   Actually Amir in Dusseldorf 12:44  |  Jasmine Murphy 28/08/07
  45.   Simon Jenkins 12:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 28/08/07
  46.   Red Cross Falling Down on the Job 13:01  |  Jane 28/08/07
  47.   WHAT TIME IS THE DEMO IN T`A??? 13:02  |  want to attend 28/08/07
  48.   KUTW & Margie 13:04  |  Simon Jenkins 28/08/07
  49.   To `want to attend` 13:10  |  Simon Jenkins 28/08/07
  50.   Shalit was a kidnapped soldier and this attempt to molly coddle 13:14  |  lakshmi 28/08/07
  51.   Hamas losing, world opinion 13:30  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  52.   Simon Jenkins 14:04  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 28/08/07
  53.   By what right? 14:10  |  Thinkpad 28/08/07
  54.   Churlish 14:26  |  Mark Lincoln 28/08/07
  55.   WHERE ARE LEFTIST SCUM NOW ?! 15:03  |  ILSupporter 28/08/07
  56.   53Thinkpad,absolutely right,shalit was a soldier captured while 15:19  |  lakshmi 28/08/07
  57.   Maybe the evil islamonazis will sing him "Happy Birthday to you" 15:29  |  Feiglin Supporter 28/08/07
  58.   # 25 Amir of Dusseldorf 15:40  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  59.   When Emotion Rules Thinking 15:43  |  Tony Anthony 28/08/07
  60.   HAMAS PAPER 15:46  |  Abu Yusuf 28/08/07
  61.   Dana - causeless hatred 15:56  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 28/08/07
  62.   Cause and affect 16:07  |  Benji Moran 28/08/07
  63.   Maureen Ann greetings! Mark Lincoln,`churlish`? See my posts 50 & 16:15  |  lakshmi 28/08/07
  64.   11000 Birthday Cards 16:22  |  Bernie 28/08/07
  65.   to Natallie Durson#4 16:24  |  Ilya 28/08/07
  66.   Gilad Shalit and the Others 16:30  |  CHGODMK 28/08/07
  67.   Another transparent and clumsy publicity stunt 16:33  |  Tim 28/08/07
  68.   Israel could arrange a Red Cross visit 16:54  |  Murray 28/08/07
  69.   What a suprise 16:55  |  Dr David I. Gross 28/08/07
  70.   LOL these are the people Olmert will give your land & souls to 17:02  |  pace306 28/08/07
  71.   IL Supporter 17:30  |  Paulo 28/08/07
  72.   If Hamas wants to continue to be perceived 17:36  |  Albert 28/08/07
  73.   re: Peter Sm 17:42  |  Paulo 28/08/07
  74.   To Naom Shalit 17:48  |  Choni Davidowitz 28/08/07
  75.   #1- Sussex 17:52  |  Fed Up 28/08/07
  76.   If Shalit was "abducted" then so were 10,000 Palestinians 17:58  |  Ibrahim 28/08/07
  77.   I will trade 1 Dutch,1 Clickfool & 1/2 Nattalie Durson for Shalit 18:01  |  Richard S 28/08/07
  78.   Paulo "ignorance" on International Law 1st try 18:03  |  Alberto Cohen 28/08/07
  79.   REPLY TO # 74 18:08  |  M 28/08/07
  80.   43. indrajaya 18:10  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  81.   Where are the Red Cross and human rights org? 18:12  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  82.   48. Simon Jenkins 18:14  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  83.   50. lakshmi, another accomplice 18:16  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  84.   Lakshmi, Re: Gilad Shalit 18:30  |  Mimi 28/08/07
  85.   Olmert now does what he can to keep Shalit in captivity 18:31  |  Tosefta 28/08/07
  86.   Omar 18:34  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 28/08/07
  87.   just a prisoner... 18:37  |  ravi 28/08/07
  88.   56. lakshmi: Another lie 18:40  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  89.   37..rachman... 18:41  |  ravi 28/08/07
  90.   Lakshmi - kidnapping for ransom 18:50  |  Mark Lincoln 28/08/07
  91.   Murray - Red Cross/Red Crescent 18:55  |  Mark Lincoln 28/08/07
  92.   Albert - Hamas is missing a chance 19:04  |  Mark Lincoln 28/08/07
  93.   # 74 Fed Up 19:11  |  Hausman 28/08/07
  94.   to Tim#67 19:17  |  Ilya 28/08/07
  95.   Shalit is french citizen , Sarkosy for PM , PMO OUT 19:42  |  Joseph E . 28/08/07
  96.   Pay the price, Israel 19:43  |  Clickfool 28/08/07
  97.   75Mark Lincoln,the `kid` as you refer to him was a uniformed 19:45  |  lakshmi 28/08/07
  98.   Olmert now does what he can to keep Shalit in captivity 19:45  |  Tosefta 28/08/07
  99.   Free Shalit NOW , Olmert OUT NOW 19:45  |  Joseph E . 28/08/07
  100.   #63 laksmi 19:46  |  Sarah 28/08/07
  101.   Olmert hasn`t done enough for Israel or Shalit 19:47  |  Shepherd 28/08/07
  102.   For Mark Lincoln # 81 20:10  |  Clickfool 28/08/07
  103.   #77 Margie 20:12  |  Sarah 28/08/07
  104.   For Mark Lincoln again # 82 20:15  |  Clickfool 28/08/07
  105.   lakshmi 20:33  |  m wHITE\ 28/08/07
  106.   M, Surely You MisUnderstand 20:39  |  Bernie 28/08/07
  107.   KUTW, How do You Know Where Shalit Was 20:42  |  Bernie 28/08/07
  108.   Shalit 20:45  |  Michael T 28/08/07
  109.   To All Zionists 20:48  |  Bernie 28/08/07
  110.   Shalit 20:48  |  Ralph 28/08/07
  111.   Bernie of Detroit 20:59  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  112.   Margie in Tel Aviv 21:03  |  Lynn 28/08/07
  113.   #91- Hausman - Sussex 21:08  |  Fed Up 28/08/07
  114.   #91 Hausman 459 Israel soldiers Committed Suicide 21:12  |  Fed Up 28/08/07
  115.   53. Thinkpad: By what right? 21:19  |  KUTW 28/08/07
  116.   To all the zionists outraged by the capture of a soldier,and that 21:41  |  lakshmi 28/08/07
  117.   Almost Tosefta 21:59  |  Mark Lincoln 28/08/07
  118.   Clicking like a fool 22:02  |  Mark Lincoln 28/08/07
  119.   Gilad Shalit and the Red Cross (#89 Mark Lincoln re Murray; CF) 22:08  |  Tosefta 28/08/07
  120.   Put your money where your mouth is Natallie Durson 22:14  |  RightClick 28/08/07
  121.   some strange arguments 22:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/08/07
  122.   # Bernard you are the real SOB... 22:52  |  Misha 28/08/07
  123.   POW Shalit Would Be Home Now if Israeli Leaders Gave a Damn 22:56  |  Mr. Knowitall 28/08/07
  124.   When a Jew is a victim, the world yawns 22:59  |  Chick 28/08/07
  125.   to Bernie#103 23:04  |  Ilya 28/08/07
  126.   Bernie 104 23:04  |  ChanahS 28/08/07
  127.   What`s the surprise? PM has done nothing for anyone 23:28  |  Ignacio 28/08/07
  128.   PAULO LISBON Nonsense 23:33  |  PETER SM 28/08/07
  129.   114Fed Up & 123 Mr.Knowitall,`Breaking the Silence`:What Soldiers 23:47  |  lakshmi 28/08/07
  130.   Bernie in Detroit #109 00:00  |  peter 29/08/07
  131.   107. Bernie 00:01  |  KUTW 29/08/07
  132.   Lynn 00:07  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/08/07
  133.   #123 knowitall 00:07  |  peter 29/08/07
  134.   to Bernie#107 00:13  |  Ilya 29/08/07
  135.   to Bernie in Bagdad, I mean Detroit. 00:18  |  Chick 29/08/07
  136.   Bernie 00:34  |  Jasmine Murphy 29/08/07
  137.   re: Alberto 00:57  |  Paulo 29/08/07
  138.   to Bernie#107 (2 try) 02:09  |  Ilya 29/08/07
  139.   Lakshmi - I am not a Zionist 03:20  |  Mimi 29/08/07
  140.   They Should Be Bombed 03:26  |  R.Adicale 29/08/07
  141.   Re 9 This is a first 03:29  |  Alan the real one 29/08/07
  142.   Re 30 Baby and Jihad 03:33  |  Alan the real one 29/08/07
  143.   Re 54 Does Hamas care 03:38  |  Alan the real one 29/08/07
  144.   Re 104 Hamas the just 03:41  |  Alan the real one 29/08/07
  145.   Ilya, I asked all to Respond 04:12  |  Bernie 29/08/07
  146.   ChanahS, Until all the Borders are Defined 04:13  |  Bernie 29/08/07
  147.   130Mimi,my apologies;however I am skeptical about your vision of 05:04  |  lakshmi 29/08/07
  148.   Tosefta - the Chinese Embassy 05:30  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  149.   Bernie - brute force and it`s costs 05:33  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  150.   R. Adicale 05:37  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  151.   Cipora and the correct assumption 05:43  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  152.   Up in Frost Bite Falls 05:46  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  153.   But Lakshmi I am a Zionist 05:51  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  154.   The plight of Gilad Shalit 05:56  |  Mark Lincoln 29/08/07
  155.   Good hits (Mark Lincoln #141) 06:20  |  Tosefta 29/08/07
  156.   #142, Mark Lincoln 06:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/08/07
  157.   Cipora and strange assumptions (Mark Lincoln #147; Cipora #121) 06:39  |  Tosefta 29/08/07
  158.   Bernie 07:23  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 29/08/07
  159.   #157, Tosefta 08:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 29/08/07
  160.   BERNIE.Re "Too all Zionists" Congratulations ! 08:50  |  PETER SM 29/08/07
  161.   LAKSHMI Jews were living in Israel continously long before Arabs 09:05  |  PETER.SM 29/08/07
  162.   @ 120, rightclick 09:21  |  Ralph 29/08/07
  163.   #104 clickfool do your jewish friends know who you are ?? 10:24  |  victor hardman 29/08/07
  164.   Go into gaza and make a mess 11:56  |  Micha 29/08/07
  165.   to Bernie#145 15:38  |  Ilya 29/08/07
  166.   to Mark Lincoln #153 15:45  |  Ilya 29/08/07
  167.   to Bernie#146 16:18  |  Ilya 29/08/07
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