If Gilad Shalit Launched a Hunger Strike, Would it Make a Sound?
October 4, 2011 13:16 by Pesach BensonPalestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike to protest new Israeli restrictions intended to pressure Hamas to release Gilad Shalit.
Palestinian hunger strikes are a great story with elements of individual protest, personal struggle and sacrifice, against faceless Israeli jailers. But let’s keep things in perspective. The restrictions we’re talking about deal with reduced family visits, less access to books, and certain prisoners being separated from the general population.
Since he was abducted five years ago, Gilad Shalit hasn’t had any visitors — not from the Red Cross, and certainly not any reporters interested in his living conditions. If Shalit’s ever launched his own hunger strike, own, we’ll never know.
Mr. Light-Bright
4:58 pm
Oct 04, 2011
Quote “If Shalit’s ever launched his own hunger strike, we’ll never know.”
That should put these new “Palestinian hunger strikes” to shame. [Sigh]
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sav'ta shel Cohen
12:36 am
Oct 07, 2011
The criminals who have kidnapped and are holding Gilad have no regard for his human rights and they have taken away his right to due process including his right to speak or to have contact with the outside world. He has been isolated, denied aid and comfort and alone for years. These conditions alone constitute torture! Images of a dog barking at naked Arab terrorists and their being mocked by a tiny female guard for a few minutes led to an international outcry! Where is the international outrage at what has been happening to this young Jewish soldier for years? Israel is Gilad’s voice! Only Israel will fight for him! For the sake of Gilad, his family and the Israeli people Israel must not give in to the antics of these morally backward food avoiders!
Israel must also not take away the rights of these hunger strikers to refuse food. If Israel attempts to force feed them the media will turn it into a negative. If Israel lets them starve the media will do the same thing! So let them starve themselves, things can’t possibly get any worse, right? They don’t like the free food Israel is providing, they don’t have to eat it! If they are force fed and pick up a stink about it I and some other old ladies I know would see it as a mits’va to visit them in prison and pass them something to help them empty their stomachs! They are obviously seeking justice so justice they must have!
Israel must continue to put more and more pressure on Hamas, or whichever terrorist organisation is leading the pack on any particular day, to release Gilad Shalit! All it would take for the new restrictions to be lifted is for the terrorist organisation of the day to exercise some humanity and give Gilad back to his family, his friends and the State of Israel. Unfortunately, humanity seems to be in short supply with terrorists!
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