Israel says freed soldier in good condition

[P F Tinmore]

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a medical examination has found freed Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit to be in good condition.

The army said Schalit held an emotional phone conversation with his family. It released a still photo of the smiling soldier speaking on the phone.

Schalit is to be flown later to his family at an air base in central Israel.

Israel says freed soldier in good condition - Yahoo! News

 

[strollingbones]

o yea his appearance reflects the great treatment he got....he is thin and pale.....with dark circles under his eyes.....

i am glad the young man is free.....i fear the price may come back to bite israel in the long run...freeing terrorist

 

[Caroljo]

o yea his appearance reflects the great treatment he got....he is thin and pale.....with dark circles under his eyes.....

i am glad the young man is free.....i fear the price may come back to bite israel in the long run...freeing terrorist

I agree...i just told my husband i thought he looked so thin and pale! And to have to release so many terrorists for one person just shows you how much Israel loves their people! The report i heard said how hamas was planning on capturing more Israel military so they can get back even MORE of their terrorists! And our President is saying Israel needs to make peace with these murderers???? Yes, Palestinians voted in Hamas, and as long as they associate themselves with those terrorists Israel should not even CONSIDER any peace.

 

[strollingbones]

in contrast the terrorist released looked very well....

mothers care about their sons.....i dont think anyone wants the young man to stay in captivity

 

[Rocko]

200,000 people to celebrate terrorists SMD.

The Arabs released looked kind of fat to me, but the Israeli looked malnourished....no Tinamore?

 

[José]

You guys got the wrong thread:

This one is

"Israel says freed soldier in good condition"

not

"Semi-illiterate rednecks and hillbillies who don't even know what a palestinian refugee is talking about a subject they know shit about and calling a displaced people fighting for their right to live in their homeland "terrorists"".

 

[JStone]

You guys got the wrong thread:

This one is

"Israel says freed soldier in good condition"

not

"Semi-illiterate rednecks and hillbillies who don't even know what a palestinian refugee is talking about a subject they know shit about and calling a displaced people fighting for their right to live in their homeland "terrorists"[/]".

Israel is the Jewish homeland, ****. Arabia is the Arabs' homeland.

Comprende?

 

[JStone]

You guys got the wrong thread:

This one is

"Israel says freed soldier in good condition"

not

"Semi-illiterate rednecks and hillbillies who don't even know what a palestinian refugee is talking about a subject they know shit about and calling a displaced people fighting for their right to live in their homeland "terrorists"".

Pedro, can you provide any archaeological evidence verifying a Palestinian civilization in Israel? No, I didn't think so, ****.

Israel has been the Jewish homeland for 3000+ years.

Tel Dan Stele Verifying King David Dynasty 3000 years ago
The Tel Dan Stela and the Kings of Aram and Israel

Judaea Capta Coins Minted By Romans against Jews 2000 years ago
Judaea Capta coinage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jewish Dead Sea Scrolls 2000 years old.
Dead Sea Scrolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yale University Press: The Archaeology of Ancient Israel

In this lavishly illustrated book some of Israel's foremost archaeologists present a thorough, up-to-date, and readily accessible survey of early life in the land of the Bible, from the Neolithic era (eighth millennium B.C.E.) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E. It will be a delightful and informative resource for anyone who has ever wanted to know more about the religious, scientific, or historical background of the region.
The Archaeology of Ancient Israel - Ben-Tor, Amnon; Greenberg, R. - Yale University Press

 

[P F Tinmore]

This is the first time since 1985 that Israel has brought home a soldier who was still alive.

 

[JStone]

This is the first time since 1985 that Israel has brought home a soldier who was still alive.

Historian Paul Johnson...

The lack of symmetry between the risks taken by Arabs and by Israelis is one result of a different view of the sanctity of human life. The Jewish faith was the first religion to preach this sanctity and to magnify the value of each individual human being in the eyes of his Creator — hence, equally, in other human beings. This is the main reason that Mosaic law differs so markedly in humanity and reason from all the other fiercely retributive codes of the ancient Near East. The value placed on human life by Jews has steadily increased over the centuries, as a response to persecution and, above all, to the Nazi attempt at extermination of the entire people. Israel itself was created as a refuge and fortress in which Jewish lives would be safe from annihilation. It is thus the physical embodiment of the principle that individual life is sacred.

By contrast, the Islamic-Arab concept of "the war of the martyrs" places no value on human life except as a sacrifice in the holy war. A warrior gains infinitely more by losing his life than by preserving it, for then he gains eternal life, and his status as a martyr is enhanced by the number of dead Israelis — "sons and daughters of Satan" — whom he takes with him.