I would like to ask if you agree to my view
Gilad Shalits father was really putting alot of pressure on the goverment via media, protests for them to free his son. He said, he does not care what price they pay and wanted his son back, no matter what cost. I know its his son and its hard to judge, but my feeling through the last years were always, that he does not care about anybody. He didnt care about the 1000's of terror victims and if the terrorists will attack again. He only cared about his own goals... I didnt like him from the start... Did anybody else also have a very unfavourable, selfish impression from the shalits
When Nachshon Wachsman was taken more then a decade ago, his parents took a diffrent path and also Rabin refused to negotiate. Yes, he unfortunatly got killed, but they didnt try it again for a long time, as they knew there was no point.
His mother:
At that time I did not have the "luxury" of breaking down. We were all mobilized for the next four days, 24 hours a day, to do everything in our power to save our son's life. We spoke to Prime Minister Rabin, who informed us that he would not negotiate with terrorists, nor would he yield to blackmail. We announced Nachshon's American citizenship, and President Clinton intervened.
And we appealed to our brethren –- to the Jewish people throughout the world –- and asked them to pray for our son. The Chief Rabbi of Israel delegated three chapters of Psalms to be said every day, and people everywhere, including schoolchildren who had never prayed before, did so for the sake of one precious Jewish soul.
I asked women throughout the world to light an extra Sabbath candle for my son. From about 30,000 letters that poured into our home, I learned of thousands of women who had never lit Sabbath candles, who did so for the sake of our son –- who had become a symbol of everyone's son, brother, friend.
On Thursday night, 24 hours before the ultimatum, a prayer vigil was held at the Western Wall and, at the same hour, prayer vigils were held throughout the world in synagogues, schools, community centers, street squares ... and, yes, churches throughout the world. People of good faith everywhere hoped and pleaded and prayed for Nachshon.
At the Western Wall 100,000 people arrived, with almost no notice –- Chassidim in black frock coats and long side curls swayed and prayed and cried, side by side with young boys in torn jeans and ponytails and earrings. There was total unity and solidarity of purpose among us –- religious and secular, left wing and right wing, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, old and young, rich and poor –- an occurrence unprecedented in our sadly fragmented society.
