Israeli Arabs in the village of Kfar Kassem Wednesday evening demanded that Hamas and Hizbullah terrorists free the IDF soldiers each group kidnapped in June and July 2006.
Dozens of protestors gathered in a rally that featured Arab List (Ra'am-Ta'al) Knesset Member Ibrahim Sarsur and Noam Shalit, father of Gilad, who was kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Gaza terrorists. Shalit called on Hamas and Hizbullah terrorists to "act like human beings" and release all three captives, including also Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were abducted by Hizbullah operatives in a cross-border raid from Lebanon. The whereabouts and condition of all three captives are still unknown.
Organizers of the event, which was attended by dozens of Israeli Arabs from across the country, said they planned to send a delegation together with the elder Shalit to meet with Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh. "Hopefully no one will stop this meeting from taking place," said organizer Malek Faraj.