La Jolla rally set to demand release of captured Israeli soldier
A rally is set for Sunday afternoon at a synagogue in La Jolla to demand the release of an Israeli soldier abducted four years ago by Hamas.
Gilad Shalit, then 19, was abducted on June 25, 2006, while on active duty. Despite pleas from the United Nations secretary general and the Israeli prime minister, his captors reportedly have not allowed the Red Cross to visit him, in violation of the Geneva Convention.
Rallies are set at spots across the U.S. and in Israel.
The La Jolla rally is set for 5 p.m. at Congregation Adat Yeshurun, 8625 La Jolla Scenic Drive N.
Among other speakers, a local high school student is set to read portions of a book written by Gilad Shalit when he was 11 years old, "When the Shark Met the Fish." The book was a youthful call for peace in a troubled land.
-- Tony Perry in San Diego
Photo: Gilad Shalit, before his capture. Credit: Associated Press
Are they also going to call for the release of all the Palestinian Prisoners held by the Israeli's illegally and there must be a few thousand of them, as wrong as it is of the Palestinian to not allow access to the Geneva Conventions for this POW, the World demands that the Israeli's also allow access to all the Political Prisoners held by them and also follow the Geneva Conventions.
Posted by: bobbyb | June 28, 2010 at 06:59 AM