Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with the US secretary of defense, Robert gates, at the Pentagon and discussed with him kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. “A million and a half people are living in Gaza, but only one of them is really in need of humanitarian aid,” Barak said.
Gilad Shalit is an IDF POW who’s been held by Hamas for the last four years. His situation has elevated him to living martyr of his nation – and he unquestionably deserves his freedom. But is he really the only person in Gaza in desperate need of help?
