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release of Gil'ad Shalit does not concern, then, the Israeli-Arab
conflict or to the struggle we are conducting against Hamas and
have previously held against the Hizbullah. This struggle will
continue to exist for a long period of time, during which Hamas
will continue to execute terrorist attacks against the IDF forces
and against Israeli citizens, whether a deal will be made or not.
The question raised by the deal is related to questions
concerning the Israeli society from within.

Restraint, strong nerves and common sense
Gil'ad Shalit's story is not related solely to Hamas and the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is firstly an inner-Israeli story
concerning the Israeli society, the Israeli media and its military
and political leadership.
One must hope that a deal would be struck soon, which would
bring Gil'ad Shalit's release and safe return home. If this
happens, the most important lesson to be made for similar
challenges, with which we will obviously have to deal with in
the future, is the need to keep our restraint, strong nerves and
common sense – none of which were well demonstrated during
the past two and a half years by the Israeli public, the media or
even by the Israeli leadership.

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