We forgot Gilad Shalit:We’re fed up with our leaders’ empty words; time has come for action
See all:Aviva and Noam Shalit met with the pope this week and sought his help. Benedict XVI promised to try. Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Mubarak this week that he is interested in renewing the negotiations on Shalit’s release, and even promised to appoint a new negotiator in place of Ofer Dekel next week.Another meeting, another promise, another feeble statement, and everything is being done with outrageous laziness, as if nobody really cares. Somehow we internalized Noam Shalit’s message that Gilad was abducted on Olmert’s watch and it was up to the outgoing prime minister to bring him back; Netanyahu is a different story already.it is clear to everyone, for some reason, that during Netanyahu’s term in office it will be much harder to work out a deal with Hamas, and so Gilad has been destined to rot in captivity and continue to suffer. Nobody presses Netanyahu and the Shalit affair has been pushed back in terms of priority order.it appears that we dedicate more thought to the we