Not so long ago, I trusted my government. Then I was burnt over and over. This Shalit deal is like the funeral pyre of my trust. If there is in place a mechanism for bereaved families to petition the Supreme Court to force the government to modify the "deal", why will it come to nothing since the President has already given his "amnesty"? what kind of idiocy is this? This is a lunatic twist to "social justice". Equally disturbing is the fuzziness of the timeline of the exchange. First Israel releases a hundred prisoners - or is it hundreds of prisoners - or is it the entire passel of murderers and terrorists BEFORE we get Gilad Shalit in our hands? And the father prays to Allah that he is still alive? We may have released all those murderers only to get another body. Immediate death penalty to all mass murderer terrorists. "Mass" meaning more than one dead Israeli. Give terror a downside in Israel. Right now, it's pretty durn attractive.

to see her family unite tomorrow! it can be a cousin, brother or even her own husband on the terrorist list.

I am not for the swap of 1027 terrorists to gain his release. I do hope he will lead a life that is worthy of the price we heve paid for his release. Welcome home.

I'm happy for Gilad and his family but I'm sure Gilad will be upset when he will know the price of his release!

ForsureBBC,CNN,CBC,Reuters,AP,Al Jazz, and the others yachne press will be pressing and salivating to interview the Shalit family, after all during these 5 years they always showed so much interest for Gilad's situation that all the articles,essays,opinions and editorials can be condensed inside a chinese fortune cookie.Gilad should have a recorder, a lawyer and a big cheque for each interview he decides to give

1,027 is cheap. Do you think 1,027 irrational animals are worth it? I'm sure if their fearless leaders order them in a week to put on a vest bomb and walk back to Israel. They wont think about it twice.

peace between Israel and its neighbors. Israel appears so irreversibly weak that the Arabs will never relent until Israel is over run.

They view you as weak and pathetic. One mans life is worth hundreds of similar attacks by the same mad men you release free into the streets.... to strike again in Israel??? Any soldier that knew this would be the price of his freedom....would have done the more honorable thing and said leave me here. My life isn't worth any more innocent Israeli's.... being killed by the barbarians being released. This will be the fall of Israel....making stupid trades for one persons life...at the expense of the entire countries freedom and safety. 1...for 1027.....who plan and implement 200 terrorist attacks each. The numbers of innocent dead will surely pile up in front of one soldier. Will it be worth the price???

This abominable deal is ripping the Israeli nation apart. This is more lethal than any of the suicide bombers that have exterminated innocent Jews carrying out their peaceful lives. I hate to predict it, but the destruction of morale is going to be enormous, both in the IDF and in the civilian population. This is more devastating to Israel than the retreat from Gaza or S. Lebanon. I don't think that Sharon is the only Israeli leader in a coma. They seem blind and deaf to the dangers that they are going to cause to the Jewish people in Israel and worldwide. Can anyone stop this madness????

Gilad, whatever you do, do not go participate in the Tzedek Hevrati encampment in TA. Don't pull a Josh Fattal and join the equivalent of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Please, whatever you do - if you need a hofesh, then come to the US and take a break. My home is open to you for however long you wish to stay in order to get over what you have gone through without causing any further controversy, which is the last thing anybody needs right now.

whats done is done!

Maybe I've been watching too much TV. But what if they poison Gilad.

Don't get mad at Gilad or his family, they did what most families would do for their children. This was the Government that betrayed Israel.