Het kenmerk van een democratie is dat een gekozen regering besluiten neemt en door het parlement gecontroleerd wordt. Vreedzaam demonstreren, kritische artikelen schrijven en petities aanbieden zijn allemaal geoorloofde middelen om als burger invloed uit te oefenen. Daarbij hoort echter wel dat je accepteert dat je niet altijd je zin kunt krijgen, en dat de regering naast jouw belang ook met andere belangen rekening moet houden.
De familie van Shalit gaat zo ver in het vechten voor haar belang, dat zij uit het oog verliest dat de regering de veiligheid van alle burgers moet garanderen, en dat daarom het vrijkrijgen van Shalit niet tegen elke prijs nagestreefd kan worden. Hun leed is begrijpelijk, en veel Israeli's leven met hen mee, maar zij willen tegelijkertijd niet dat zijzelf het doelwit worden van aanslagen door vrijgekomen Hamas-terorristen. De regering moet een vreselijke afweging maken: hoeveel risico op aanslagen, een hoeveel sterker Hamas, is de vrijlating van Shalit waard? Wat kunnen we ons permitteren? De eisen van Hamas zijn exorbitant, en een deal onder deze voorwaarden zou een grote overwinning betekenen voor Hamas. Dit is een veiligheidsrisico, maar verkleint ook de kansen op vrede.
Het totale negeren van deze zaken, en het tot elke prijs vechten voor haar eigen belang door de familie van Shalit is ontoelaatbaar, net als het dreigement dat men 'andere maatregelen moet nemen' als 'resultaat' uitblijft.
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Noam Schalit: We may be forced to step up our campaign
Kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit's father, Noam Schalit, warned Tuesday that if more action is not taken to bring about the release of his son, then the family may be forced to take more serious action.
Noam, who spoke during an interview with Israel Radio, was reacting to his other son Yoel's interference at the Remembrance Day torch lighting ceremony which resulted in him being forcibly removed from the area by security personnel.
"I wasn't there so I didn't know exactly what they were going to do, they also didn't know exactly what they had planned," Noam said when asked if he was aware his son's intentions.
Noam stressed that he was not threatening a repeat of this kind of action, but did say that other measures would need to be taken if no results were seen.
The kidnapped soldier's brother, Yoel Schalit, interrupted the torch lighting ceremony with several other activists who waved signs reading "Gilad is still alive."
Schalit and his fellow protesters were escorted out of the ceremony grounds by military police who were on the scene. No arrests were made in the incident.
Gilad Schalit's parent's Noam and Aviva spent Independence Day in their protest tent across from the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem where they have been for the last ten months.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said during a Remembrance Day speech at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem that Israel is working behind the scenes for the return of Schalit.
"Not a day goes by without our acting on behalf of our captives, our kidnapped, our prisoners and those missing, acting for their return home," Netanyahu said.
"This includes Gilad Schalit, who is being held by a cruel enemy. We work every day for their return in ways that are not necessarily publicly known. We will not stop until they are at home," he said.
Noam, who spoke during an interview with Israel Radio, was reacting to his other son Yoel's interference at the Remembrance Day torch lighting ceremony which resulted in him being forcibly removed from the area by security personnel.
"I wasn't there so I didn't know exactly what they were going to do, they also didn't know exactly what they had planned," Noam said when asked if he was aware his son's intentions.
Noam stressed that he was not threatening a repeat of this kind of action, but did say that other measures would need to be taken if no results were seen.
The kidnapped soldier's brother, Yoel Schalit, interrupted the torch lighting ceremony with several other activists who waved signs reading "Gilad is still alive."
Schalit and his fellow protesters were escorted out of the ceremony grounds by military police who were on the scene. No arrests were made in the incident.
Gilad Schalit's parent's Noam and Aviva spent Independence Day in their protest tent across from the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem where they have been for the last ten months.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said during a Remembrance Day speech at Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem that Israel is working behind the scenes for the return of Schalit.
"Not a day goes by without our acting on behalf of our captives, our kidnapped, our prisoners and those missing, acting for their return home," Netanyahu said.
"This includes Gilad Schalit, who is being held by a cruel enemy. We work every day for their return in ways that are not necessarily publicly known. We will not stop until they are at home," he said.
O Here, God van Israël, bevrijd uw kind Shalit zoals U Petrus door een engel uit de gevangenis leidde.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVoor U is niets onmogelijk.
Ik kijk uit nar Uw machtige rechterhand hierin.