How does the Arab media relate to Gilad Shalit? The answer might surprise you. OMedia picks up on a commentary in Elaph, a Kurdish magazine:
Shalit, who the Palestinians are using for a bargaining chip, has in fact become a hero in every sense. That is because of how his story is treated in the Arab media. The media have made Israel a shining example of a powerful country that has not caved to the traditional methods used against it, while the use of these methods shows the failure of the Arab regimes to deal with current needs.
Though the plight of Gilad Shalit is a top priority for Israel, which is doing its utmost to safeguard his life and rescue him from his enemies, it has not highlighted the problem and made as much of it as the Arab satellite channels through their focus on the simple question “Why doesn’t the world show as much interest in the Palestinian prisoners as it does in Gilad Shalit?” But the satellite stations haven’t tried to answer this question. Instead, they try to drum up support in the Arab street with their ridiculous shallow handling of the question, whose important and sensitive issues are not aired….
If we look at the Palestinian forces who belong to the imaginary and degenerate army, we see the value of a Palestinian fighter is less than the bullets in the gun he carries and that if he is captured “the right solutions will be found”.
Look at how the Israeli government and all its apparatus is dealing with the capture of Gilad Shalit. The humanity they show will inspire every Israeli soldier who knows that if anything happens to him, he will be treated like a hero, like Shalit, and released for a herd of Palestinian prisoners who will go back to the slaughterhouse and imaginary army which so far hasn’t been able to rid itself of the cancer of divided loyalties.
The Arab media’s conundrum: Palestinian blood really is cheap.
