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Abducted soldier's father slams PM, military for son's capture
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: israel, gilad shalit 

Noam Shalit, father of abducted Israel Defense Forces Corporal Gilad Shalit on Wednesday slammed the government and the military for not taking responsibility for the failures that led to his son's capture by militants in June 2006.

"Of the entire chain of command to blame for the abduction, why is Corporal Gilad Shalit the only one paying the price?" Shalit's father asked participants at a rally in support of his son and two other IDF troops abducted shortly after him.

Shalit leveled fierce criticism at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whom he says lacks the determination and resolve of previous leaders.
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He has repeatedly criticized Olmert's leadership and decisions regarding his son and has supported unpopular prisoner-exchange schemes under discussion to secure his release.

"Sharon, unlike all his advisers who objected to the [Elhanan] Tannenbaum deal, stated 'I won't leave any Jew with those animals,'" Noam Shalit added. He was referring to an Israeli who was freed from captivity in Lebanon in 2004, when Ariel Sharon was prime minister.

"[MK Benjamin] Netanyahu could also make up his mind and did not hesitate when Mossad people were caught in Amman even when their lives were not in danger, and released two arch terrorists for them. That's exactly what a prime minister is elected for he's the ship's captain and he is the one who must decide," Shalit said.



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