Despite the relative surprise, Yair Lapid, a former journalist and TV announcer and Noam Shalit, Gilad Shalit’s father, decided to run for the elections to the next Knesset.

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On my 2011 summer vacation I had a Bat-Mitzva trip to the United States and Canada.

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A week and a half after the big success of the Gilad Shalit release agreement, Ilan Grapel also came back home from Egypt in exchange for 25 Egyptian prisoners.

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Gilad is Finally Home!

Noy Y ORT Ronson On October - 18 - 2011

Around 11:00 am today (18/11/11) the IDF spokesperson said to the Israeli people through the media – “Gilad is home.”

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Gilad is Back!

Tali F ORT Dafna On October - 18 - 2011

Finally, after 5 years and 4 months, he’s coming home. Everyone in Israel have been watching the news all day long, everyone is excited to see Gilad Shalit coming home.

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Gilad’s First Interview

Amit L ORT Dafna On October - 18 - 2011

Like many people in Israel, I was also glued to the TV watching the broadcasts covering the long-awaited release of Gilad Shalit from Hamas captivity.

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A Letter to Gilad

Tali F ORT Dafna On October - 18 - 2011

Hey Gilad, Welcome Back!

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Finally, after 1934 days (meaning – 5 and a half years), Gilad Shalit’s release agreement was officially signed.

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Recently the Palestinians have started to demand that the UN would recognize them as a state (with Jerusalem as their capital) in a unilateral decision that would imply that Israel does not have the right to exist.

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On Friday, September 9 2011, militant demonstrators in Cairo smashed the security wall of the Israeli embassy with iron poles and hammers, and broke in. They also burned the Israeli flag.

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Just a short while ago the new school year began all over the world, but in a few places in Israel school did not start at all.

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