For the first time since he was taken captive by Hamas in June 2006, the organizers of efforts to obtain the release of Gilad Shalit are holding a Tefilla rally, at the Kosel, to take place on Wednesday, 22 Av (12 August) at 7:00pm.
The event organizers hope will bring “the masses” from all walks of Israeli life on behalf of the soldier, now in his fourth year of captivity, presumably in Hamas-controlled Gaza. While it is believed he is in Gaza, no one has seen him since taken prison, not even a representative of the International Red Cross.
Egypt has played the major role as mediator between Israel and Hamas, but reports indicate Hamas refuses to exhibit any flexibility, demanding its list of terrorists must be accommodated by Israel. Israel on the other hand insists a number of terrorists cannot be released while others may not return to PA autonomous areas in Yehuda and Shomron, but they must be exiled to Gaza, a demand deemed unacceptable by Gaza.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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destro613: you really have said more about yourself than about the particular jewish community that you are intending to put down.
why are you using this news site to get your news? there are many others that fit in with your line of thinking.
destroy,
Please take your Sinat Chinam far away.
B”H it is bein hazamanin so that the kosel plaza can be filled from one end to other with heartfelt tefillah for Gilad ben Aviva. Every tefilla helps whether public or private yet a large kehilla davening for Gilad will give needed CHIZUK for his family.. ALready our Rabbinical Leaders have put this case in the upper 5 slots.
To no. 1 (destro613)
As an Israeli I can tell you that the Da’ati Le’umi (religious Zionists often incorrectly called Mizrachim) populous is at least twice as large as the Charaide community of Eretz Yisroel. Not only that will be a major contributer to why they will have more people davining with them then there are at Hafganoat (the frum riots)but also the fact that a huge persentage of them willbe there numbering in the tens of thousands as opposed to the few hundred people who go to hafganoat, most as spectators.
So in short your hope came true, your wrong.