Protesting for Release of Gilad Shalit

Recently, there have been a lot of protests about the kidnapped soldier, Gilad Shalit. Hundreds of Israelis have gone out and protested in front of Ehud Olmert's home, where a tent has been erected. Shalit's family had moved from their home in Galilee to this tent, to pressure the Israeli government and Olmert to find a deal of his release. Gilad Shalit was abducted in 2006 by Palestinian militants that crossed the border from Gaza.

Well, let's just hope that Israel doesn't call an all out war on the Gaza strip once again, just like in 2006. The media is making this a huge deal, and are once again looking at one side of the story. There are thousands upon thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, most of them are innocent and were targets of cruel raids conducted by the IDF and Jewish Settlers. Why doesn't the American Media, or the International media present these pieces of information. From 1967 to 2005, there have been 650,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons. In late 2006, there were 400 Palestinian children imprisoned in Israel. There are 3,500 Palestinian children that have been arrested in the occupied territories. In 2006 alone, there have been 5,666 Palestinians taken prisoner because of ridiculous raids.

With all these statistics and numbers, the media wants to make a huge riot for 1 soldier! This is unbelievable. Before the Israelis start protesting and using violence, look at these numbers, and then they will know why the Palestinian militants did this. There is no comparison I know, but as always, the Jewish superiority has played a role. One Israeli soldier abducted is about the equivalent of thousands of Palestinian civilians imprisoned. And when the families of those imprisoned Palestinians protest peacefully, the IDF come in and start shooting rubber bullets and tear gas, or worse, they open fire. It just looks ridiculous to me that everyone is protesting for one soldier, when thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians, including children are imprisoned. Anyway, the lives of Israelis are more important to the Jewish state. That's no surprise, just like in the Gaza offensive. 1 Israeli life meant one hundred Palestinian ones. The Israeli government said it themselves. What else do I have to write to capture the racism and discriminatory policies.