Noam Shalit urges EU Parliament chief: Help secure Gilad's release
Meeting comes ahead of expected Thursday vote on resolution calling for release of captured IDF soldier.
By Jack Khoury Tags: Gilad Shalit Israel news Noam ShalitNoam Shalit, father of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, met Wednesday in Strasbourg, France, with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek.
The EU parliament is set to meet Thursday and is expected to vote on a resolution calling for the release of the 23-year-old Shalit, who also holds French citizenship.
Shalit was abducted in June 2006 by Hamas militants from Gaza in a cross-border raid. Hamas and Israel have been negotiating since then for his release, in talks mediated by Germany and Egypt.
Buzek was updated by Shalit on the stalled negotiations with Hamas on a potential prisoner exchange. Hamas has not responded to Israel's most recent proposal.
Shalit urged for the EU resolution to call for the immediate release of his son and to demand that he be treated according to the Geneva Convention.
Shalit added that the Red Cross should be allowed to visit his son and that information on his condition be passed along to the Shalit family.
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President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, left, meeting with Noam Shalit Wednesday. |
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He'll never get out so long as Bibi & Co. are running Israel.
not only shalit should be released, but also the palestinians. perhaps then this problem can be solved.
on the Shalit affair ? Probably not. Will Hamas allow the Red Cross to visit Shalit. probably not. But then Hamas may even surprise me. PROBALY NOT.
Noam Shalit is contacting the wrong party. He should contract BiBi Netanyahu who is the obsticle. He wants it his way and getting no results.
Sir, there is no doubt that the Shalit family is suffering because their son is a victim of the endless war in Palestine and so are the approx. 8,000 Pals in Israeli milit. prisons. Mr. Shalit should visit PM Netanyahu, DM Ehud Barak, and Israel's highest ranking officer, the chief of the General Staff, 3-star General, Raf Aluf G. Ashkenasi why they don't want to exchange their son against some of the 8,000 Pals in Israeli military prisons all over the country. We, the Europeans can't do anything, also because Israel does not want any involvement in Mideast affairs from outside apart from financial and military aid. However there is a good rumour: Israel wants to liberate Mr. Shalit jr. in a military action,. i.e. without paying a price; and this takes a little bit longer as we have seen so far.
Would be a very good thing to do.
Would be a very good thing to do.