You're the Prime Minister of Israel.
You have two choices.
1) You negotiate with terrorists, possibly releasing several hundred of their incarcerated, perhaps murderous "brothers". By so doing you release one, just one, captured Israeli soldier.
2) You don't negotiate, and this soldier, who's been held in solitary confinement for five years remains there even longer.
Either way, you're breaking one of the most solemn promises held for generations by successive governments - either that of not negotiating with terrorists, or that of never leaving a soldier behind.
I'm glad I'm not the Prime Minister of Israel.
As we approach the fifth anniversary of Gilad Shalit's capture by Hamas, one blogger has started a new initiative, campaigning for the Mayor of London to confer an honorary citizenship on Gilad, as several other cities worldwide have done. It may not bring about his immediate release, but it will raise awareness of Gilad's plight and highlight once again the evil that is Hamas.
H/T OyVaGoy
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