After attempting to bring him back for 5 years, Gilad Schalit returned home today. There has been an overwhelmingly {in a good way} support from all over the world on Facebook, with comments, likes, etc. Others, on the other hand, are saying how horrible it is that 1,000+ prisoners are set free for only one soldier. Most Israeli's would agree that one soldiers' life (although he isn't psychologically well after living more than 5 years in the dark, rarely seeing light) is worth 1,000+ prisoners. Knowing that, this is putting the soldiers in future danger. Israel knows that this was our only chance to unite Gilad with his family. These are the decisions that Benjamin Netanyahu continuously deals with.
Two Faces of Freedom in pictures:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050377/Gilad-Shalit-release-Palestinians-wild-celebrations-1-000-militants-freed.html
On another note, I met my friend on Shenkin for a quick bite. We were catching up when the waitress came over to take our order. In the middle of asking her what is in the salad, a man completely interupts her and asks her something in Hebrew that I can't understand. What makes you think you can just do that? This is completely normal in the Israeli culture and is one of the nicer things. In America, we would patiently wait until the server has walked away from the customers table. I must be too curtious to live in this country!
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