Readers weigh in on the swap for Gilad Schalit
Posted by middleeast on November 6th, 2011
Sun, Oct 16, 2011 18 Tishri, 5772
Sir, – Thank heavens for what we hope will be the release of Gilad Schalit. If only he could be released together with the disgracefully over-punished Jonathan Pollard. And also with Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti. If anyone, it is Barghouti who could unite the polarized Palestinians around a peace deal acceptable to both the Israeli and Palestinian publics.
Egypt’s Anwar Sadat was at first more of a warrior than Barghouti ever was – and how many Israeli youths died in the Yom Kippur War that Sadat launched? But this is precisely what made the Egyptian a credible peacemaker to his people.
JAMES ADLER