Hamas said ready to sign Shalit deal this weekend

The American plane that the IAF buzzed last week, responded to the request that it identify itself, therefore it avoided the danger of being blown from the sky On the other hand, the Libyan plane refused to respond, since it was an enemy aircraft, IAF was fully justified in taking defensive actions

Seems you forgot about 9/11, which will be commemorated next week Since Israel had been sneak attacked in the past, the IAF would have been embarrassed if they hadn?t detected the enemy aircraft and allowed them to intrude in Israeli airspace, with potential ability of carrying out attacks Israel did what the U.S.A. failed to do on 9/11, protected itself. Just as soon as the hijackings was detected, the planes should have warned, either land or get shot down The resulting destruction would have been far less than the loss of life at WTC, Pentagon, and Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania

Just their usual procrastination and extortion Somewhere over the rainbow there's a pot of gold (Shalit), this isn't the day it was going to be found or Shalit released Time to shut off all traffic in or out of Gaza, those that require medical attention, well, they can suffer along with Shalit

1) 747 was a Libyan (enemy) airplane which continually refused to respond when challenged necessitating it being brough down, Israel couldn't take chances of it engaging in an attack on Israel 2) The "small" plane you mentioned, if you'll bother to look it up, it was also configured for military "ATTACK" capabilities, thus rendering it military aircraft, not civilian Civilians on board should have taken civilian aircraft to their destinations

It sure was, especially following Israel's alleged denial of involvement in the crash, but Israel changed its tune when the passenger plane's Black Box was produced.

Results from the Twitter campaign from last week: http://ronmossad.blogspot.com/2009/08/gilad-shalit-day.html About this...freeing 1,000 murderers doesn't sound like a very good idea. I want Gilad home as much as the next guy...but that's a not-so-small army's worth of terrorists they want released...

I guess you are too childish to remember when an Israeli Meteor NF13 night fighter shot down an Egyptian Il 14 passenger plane in an attempt to murder Marshal Amer, commander of Egypt's armed forces. All that were murdered were reporters and other civilians. An embarrassing moment for the IDF and Israel. As was the time the IAF butchered a Boeing 727 full of passengers over the Sinai when it blundered over the border. Israel has been far more circumspect in recent decades. it is clear Adam, that you have not a clue why Israel has stopped shooting down airliners.

Odds are that it's just another wild goose chase

I truly hope that I am wrong, but Hamas is not going to produce Shalit. Its hard to imagine the poor fellow is still alive. Hamas just keeps stringing the negotiations along to try to stay relevant and for those great trips to Cairo. IF proof of life is provided, I'll quickly change my tune. My thoughts are with his family.

v hardman:"i talk to the trees but they dont answer me." Nothing wrong there Hardhead plenty of people are tree huggers who do the same thing.

There have been so many teasers, it is hard to believe. But if the right in the US and Israel are so distressed by the prospect of Gilad Shalit getting his freedom, maybe something is afoot. It is doubtful that either Israel or Hamas would actually sign something; that would imply recognition of the other. Besides, who would believe a promise from either government. Neither have a track record of keeping promises either to their own people or others.

Always the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, then the sun comes up and rainbow disappears

Meshal is a war criminal and must be detained by Egypt for deportation to Israel to face criminal charges of mass murder.

First of all, the Hamas leader in exile probably would travel to Egypt via land, since Gaza borders Egypt. Secondly, what good would it do to shoot his plane down, if he chose that method of transportation? Such an incident would probably provoke additional hostilities in the area, resulting in additional casualties on the Israeli side. If a deal for the release of Schalit is close at hand, why jeopardize it? As President Peres has said in the past "You make peace with your enemies, and not with your friends".

tomorrow we will read that Hamas has changed its mind and wants 2000 prisoners released. Lucy, meet Charlie Brown.

This government is finally starting to play hardball with Hamas and making sure they understand that we want Shalit back but not at any price and the price they have been demanding is to high. Barak going as far as telling schools that sometimes soldiers must die for their country Hamas want to stir the emotions of the public by saying we will finalize a deal this weekend if you accept our demands. The free Shalit people can see an actual deadline for his return in sight now all thats needed is to get the Israeli government on board and now they are being the bad guys because they are refusing to pay Hamas price Its an old tactic to try and divide Israel emotionally and sadly alot of the time it works but we must hope the government holds firm and makes sure any deal is based in a negotiated solution acceptable to Israel not a list of Hamas demands especially as Shalit is probably dead anyway & this is all a big con get their people and then return the corpse. NO SURRENDER TO TERROR

I thought they were going to sign last month? Or was that the month before? Or was that years ago?

will mashal still be talking in 2050 ?

Israel ought to shoot down this guys airplane! Chop off the snakes head!!!