YouTube project marks 3 years without Gilad

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Comment by Gaia-גאיה on June 26, 2009 at 3:44pm

Shalit transfer to Egypt is imminent
By Akiva Eldar and Avi Issacharoff , Haaretz Correspondents, and AP


Abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be transferred to Egypt within a few days as part of a prisoner-exchange deal with Hamas, European diplomatic sources said Thursday.

The move is part of a new United States initiative that includes Egyptian and Syrian pressure on Hamas, internal Palestinian reconciliation and Israel's opening of the Gaza crossings.

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reliable European source said this Egyptian-brokered agreement was reached two days ago. A Palestinian source confirmed the report last night but officials in Jerusalem denied any knowledge of it.

The idea to transfer Shalit to Egypt in exchange for the release of Palestinian women, teens, cabinet ministers and parliamentarians being held in Israeli prisons was raised about a year ago during a visit by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter to Damascus, Jerusalem and Gaza. Apparently Carter raised it again on his visit earlier this month, during which he met Noam Shalit, Gilad's father.


more in..http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095663.html

Comment by Gaia-גאיה on June 26, 2009 at 7:41am

Comment by Gaia-גאיה on June 26, 2009 at 7:39am

VIDEO - Children from around the world have come together in order to bring attention to the third anniversary of the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit. The Consulate General of Israel in New York has initiated a multi-pronged new media approach that highlights the universality of this human-rights issue by engaging a worldwide audience through YouTube and Twitter.


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3736771,00.html