If a ceasefire won't bring back Gilad, then what will? Turning over Hamas gunmen won't solve anything either. However, opening the border crossings shouldn't be done until he is released. Let Gaza have quiet for quiet and nothing more until Gilad is released, no gas, no food, electricty .... nothing. Let them eat cake.

Watch Nasrallha's actions, Palestinians’ are mirror image. Do not trust them. Raid 20 places at one time and get our boy home.

And you're not deluding yourself, Barak? DebkaFile reports: Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin reported more smuggled arms from Sinai were reaching Gaza in the first 72 hours of the Israel-Hamas truce and Palestinian combat training had been stepped up. Mahmoud Abbas’ rival Fatah had taken a serious beating. Justice minister Prof. Daniel Friedman called the Israel-Hamas truce deal “a first-class strategic blunder.” He condemned the decision to reopen the crossings, especially the Rafah border terminal on the Egyptian border, without obtaining the captured Israel soldier Gilead Shalit’s release, as “mayhem” in governance. In tones of “I told you so,” Israel’s military intelligence (AMAN) director, Brig. Amos Yadlin reported Sunday, June 22, the Gaza truce in force since Thursday had fulfilled all Hamas goals: ending the siege, opening the door to international recognition of the terrorist group and a permit to continuing building up arms. In his briefing to the Knesset foreign affairs and security committee, Brig. Yadlin warned that the Palestinian fundamentalists were now advancing on their next objectives, the West Bank takeover a year after their coup in Gaza, followed by the whole of Israel. The intelligence chief assured the committee that Israel had offered no guarantee to withdraw from Golan for the sake of the indirect negotiations launched with Syria through Turkey’s good offices last month.

"We're not deluding ourselves," Barak, A man distinguished by exceptional courage, nobility and strength. We the people know your not deluding yourselves " the government " And of course the ceasefire will not free Shalit we the people understand you, " the government " must show you're not a push over.

We need a man with courage and someone who knows how to defend Israel.barak knows how to defend his minister of defense position. I think we should have the next min. of defense a non com or jr. officer.Enough with generals and union leaders.

The hostages would still be in Uganda.

Shalit is a prisoner of war. There are thousands of Palestinian prisoners of war in Israeli prisons and concentration camps. The only way to free Shalit is to agree to prisoner exchange. The mitzvah of "pidyon shvuyim" is pretty straightforward. But the Israeli government could care less about "pidyon shvuyim". They want to teach Hamas a lesson. They want to teach the Palestinians a lesson. Gilad Shalit is a pawn in their game. He is a victim of Israeli miltiarism, arrogance, and racism.