Please pray for CPL Gilad Shalit of the Israeli Defence Forces

In all the furor over the invasion of Lebanon, I had forgotten about CPL Gilad Shalit, whose kidnapping helped start the war. He is still being held by Hamas, and Hamas says they will only release him in exchange for Palestinian prisoners sentenced to extended terms.

CPL Shalit is just a kid. He wears spectacles and, if I remember correctly, is some sort of math genius. He deserves to go home. Some of his Palestinian counterparts go to blow themselves and Israeli civilians up because they feel they have no choice, because they want to punish the Israelis for the occupation, and they see every Israeli, civilian or military, as complicit. They deserve better.

God doesn't want God's children blowing each other up in a cycle of hatred. It's time for Hamas to unconditionally acknowledge Israel's right to exist and cease military action, and for Israel to withdraw unconditionally to the Green Line, settlements and all. And it's time for both sides to let their prisoners go - as I recall, Hizbollah is holding some other Israeli servicepeople captive.


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