News Brief
6/25/2009, Tammuz 3, 5769
Shalit Timeline: Broken Government Promises and Zig-Zags
A review of statements made by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert since kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped thee years ago today reveal that the government eroded its own position. He vowed not to negotiate with Hamas and then gradually offered to free hundreds of terrorists, which security and military officials prevented by warning that the entire country would be endangered.