Why is Gilad Shalit so important?

maybe thy think its Jesus and they want to kill him a second time

He was the first Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants since Nachshon Wachsman in 1994.

captured soldier... you gonna fight if they won't get you back?

ehm, i think he is held hostage for 5 or 6 years now ... and maybe israel wants to give a "sign" ... from what i heard 79% of the IL citizens are ok with the exchange ... correct me if i am wrong :P

1027 to 1 seems excessive. gary powers (the guy from the shot down u2 spy plane in the 60's) was exchanged for one russian operative in US custody.

well, them Isreali's are a clever bunch .. the guy has been held for 5 years or more.. in that time Israel jailed a whole lot of Palestinians for random reasons .. the "prisoners" they are exchanging are in fact just random palestinians that were locked up for no other reason than to make this prisoner swap thing happen

all a question of $$$$

how much does it cost to lodge/feed one person compared to 1000+ ....

... all is in the bottom line ...

Russians are worth more than Arabs I guess....

i see it the other way around

why is hamas giving up 100% of their prisoners if israel is still holding thousands of palestinian prisoners?

HAMAS iS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION! Why the fuck do u americans do NOT accept it ?
Ah yeah IL is holding palestinensians as Prisoners ? Ah yeah, Israel is the ONLY Democratic State beyond all this Islamic States around them.
Did you see Gilad ? Why are all these "Prisoners" well fed? The US of A as i see here is LOST!. You will be a Sharia State soon You are ALL Dogs.

"Random Reasons" biased much?

Arguments Cybermike ?

I am not an Israeli, but if I understand it correctly from friends that are, Israel has always been committed to "no one left behind/forgotten". I personally believe its a internal Public Relations move on their part, as Israel struggles with its own citizens that are not satisfied how their government is handling things politically and economically.

Yes, NALEM, and that is what i thought about the USA: NOBODY IS LEFT BEHIND! NOBODY WILL STAY ON THE BATTLEFIELD! EVERY SOLDIER WILL BE BROUGHT BACK HOME! But that was before the USA was overtaken by some leftist assholes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-XoJyksg-0w

1 for all, all for 1. In Israel its not only a slogan.

From what I understood (I have a few jewish friends who posted about this on facebook) israel will do anything to release their citizens (no one in any country would serve in an army where your country would leave you to rot and die). of the 1000 prisoners released there are hundreds of convicted and admitted terrorists. since i'm too new here, i can't post a link, but there is a list on wikipedia called list of palestinian and israeli arab prisoners exchanged for gilad shalit.

some of the people on teh list include a woman who seduced a 16 year old boy and killed him, a suicide bomber that survived an attack where 22 were killed, a man who planned 2 bombings that killed a total of 21 teenagers at a dance club, 15 people who were having pizza (mostly women and children, but entire families were wiped out), and 30 people having Passover dinner (also men women and children).

it's one thing to attack soldiers in a war, but another to specifically kill civilians, specifically targeting civilians.

I don't agre with everything israel does, but I think they should be admired for caring so much about their living that they would release murderers to give one person a chance at a life.

i'm sure it was really hard for the victims' families though. i like that israel wouldn't leave a soldier out to rot. i don't think anyone in the world would serve in an army where they would be left to rot. at least they didn't go into (gaza? the west bank?) whereever he ws being held to save him, cause a lot of Palestinians and Israelis would have died.

b the way the wikipedia threads say that the prisoners released were from the hamas's list, not randomly chosen by israel.

He's not important at all, but he's become a large symbol.

How many Americans are being held, does anyone know? I don't, but I know there is a few.

If you can't figure it out you are a moron.

Hahahaha Obama 'Leftist'. You dont know what left is!