Comments on: Gilad Shalit’s Plight, And Israel’s Dilemma–The Forward http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/gilad-shalit%e2%80%99s-plight-and-israel%e2%80%99s-dilemma-the-forward/ A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Clif http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/gilad-shalit%e2%80%99s-plight-and-israel%e2%80%99s-dilemma-the-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-12681 Clif Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:57:02 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1384#comment-12681 A thought provoking essay revolving around the case of one captured individual. But aren't many lives captured by conflict, people held in situations over which they have little or no control though, unlike Shalit, they are allowed some degree of freedom? To me the death of any soldier or "martyr", or imprisonment, formal or informal, with little chance of escape, should not be seen as a call by those dead or imprisoned for others to wage more war. Rather it is a call to end the madness, to change the overarching situation so that others do not follow them to the same fate. A thought provoking essay revolving around the case of one captured individual.

But aren’t many lives captured by conflict, people held in situations over which they have little or no control though, unlike Shalit, they are allowed some degree of freedom?

To me the death of any soldier or “martyr”, or imprisonment, formal or informal, with little chance of escape, should not be seen as a call by those dead or imprisoned for others to wage more war. Rather it is a call to end the madness, to change the overarching situation so that others do not follow them to the same fate.

]]> By: aliyah06 http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/gilad-shalit%e2%80%99s-plight-and-israel%e2%80%99s-dilemma-the-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-12675 aliyah06 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:39:07 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1384#comment-12675 I think the government knows where he is, and I think he's not in Gaza, and I think he's so wired with explosives that the government knows any rescue attempt will be equivalent to murder. I think the government knows where he is, and I think he’s not in Gaza, and I think he’s so wired with explosives that the government knows any rescue attempt will be equivalent to murder.

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