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Gilad Shalit's father: I would fight Israel if I were Palestinian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/15/gilad-shalit-father-kidnap-israel?CMP=twt_guGilad Shalit's father: I would fight Israel if I were Palestinian
Row erupts after comments by Israeli election hopeful Noam Shalit, whose son was held in captivity by Hamas for five years
The father of an Israeli soldier held in captivity for more than five years by Hamas has said he would fight Israeli soldiers if he were a Palestinian [see footnote].
Noam Shalit, who announced earlier this year that he would be standing for the opposition Labour party in the next Israeli elections, has provoked outrage among the Israeli right with the comments. His son, Gilad, was released in a prisoner swap in October 2011.
Shalit added that the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers by Hamas militants was comparable to the techniques used by Israeli paramilitary fighters the Haganah against the British, arguing "we also kidnapped British soldiers when we were fighting for our freedom".
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