Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured 5 years ago in 2006 when he was just 19 has now been released - being exchanged for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners - some of whom had been convicted of serious crimes, others who had not been charged at all.
He has spent a long time in captivity, and so have some of the people released.
One thing which I noted is that the 1000:1 ratio used here has been used previously too, when 1000 Palestinians (generally civillians) were killed for each Israeli (generally a soldier) in the assault in Gaza at the end of 2008/start of 2009.
I think that it is a good thing he was released - it needed to be done a long time ago.
I just hope that Palestinian lives are not considered to trade for so much less.
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He was held in Palestine
He was let go in exchange of Palestinians in Israili prisons
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(Is the above sentence meant to say 'exchange of' or 'exchange for' :s )
"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi
exchange for.
and yes.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.