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Gilad Shalit Release

October 18, 2011 by · Comments Off on Gilad Shalit Release 

Gilad Shalit ReleaseGilad Shalit Release, U.S. Home lawmaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday welcomed the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after 1941 days of captivity, Hamas, saying that she shared with her family of “joy and relief.”

“For the Shalit family – in fact, to all citizens of Israel, to all who have worked and longed for the release of Gilad – today is cause for hope, but also a reminder of our need to resolve “he said in a statement.

“We pray for the return of all captured Israeli soldiers and a future of peace and security for the people and the State of Israel,” said Pelosi, the Democratic minority leader in the House by the Republicans instead of Representatives.

Shalit, held by militants in Gaza for more than five years, was reunited with his family on Tuesday after leaving frail but cheerful in a deal that saw 477 Palestinian prisoners released.

“Now you’re home, we share the joy and relief of the Shalit family. We thank all those who fought, traded, left, and called for their release,” Pelosi said.

“For them, our friends in Israel, the Israeli Knesset and leaders throughout the Middle East – symbols that show the labels Gilad symbolic dog, always appears in my office, our endless hope for survival – Arabs and Israelis equal and safe return, “he said.

Pelosi received a series of symbolic badges Karnit Goldwasser, the widow of one of the other soldiers were taken the following months Shalit, and the then Chairman of the Knesset, Dalia Itzik, her office said. “At this point in the Jewish calendar

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