Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Israel is going to release 20 Palestinians from jail before the end of their sentences for the privilege of seeing a video tape of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. The Red Cross has not visited Shalit. No UN resolutions have been passed on his behalf, no special raporteur has been dispatched: Hamas: Video will prove Gilad Shalit alive and well
A senior Hamas official said on Wednesday that a video to be released Friday will prove that abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit is alive and well.
Musa Abu-Marzouk said that the video, to be given to Israel in exchange for the release of 20 female Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, will also include proof that it was filmed recently...
...Of the 20 female Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel, Hamas has stated that four are members of Hamas, five belong to the rival Fatah faction, and three are members of Islamic Jihad. Only one of the prisoners is a resident of the Gaza Strip, the rest are from the West Bank.
The prisoners had all served at least two thirds of their sentences and none had more than two years left to serve.
Last week, Egypt's foreign minister urged Israel to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit.
Egypt has been mediating a prisoner swap and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said Israel needs to show flexibility.
In so many ways, this is just heartbreaking.
Amazing isn't it that Goldstone and his HRC pals could not demand that an Israeli soldier's "human rights" be observed and permit the Red Cross to visit him.
To prove that the ICRC (International Red Cross) has been denied visiting Israeli Gilad Shalit by the islamofascist regime, see...
10-12-2008 Interview
Gaza: still no ICRC access to Gilad Shalit
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/israel-interview-111208
and
18-06-2009 News release 09/1224
Gaza: ICRC urges Hamas to allow captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit regular contact with his family
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-news-180609