Call in the Red Cross. Or start shouting about the violations of international law: Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas, has admitted that Cpl. Gilad Shalit is a POW.
Mashaal told a press conference in Damascus that Shalit, captured by terrorists linked to his group is a “prisoner of war and international conventions and laws should be applied to his case.”
“Our goals and our morals command us to keep the soldier alive,” he stressed.
Actually, although I don’t believe Hamas comes with morals, with that public admission come all the responsibilities of treating him like a POW. That means moving him to a proper prison for POWs, allowing the Red Cross to examine and question him, giving him certain treatments in accordance with the Geneva Convention.
I will not, of course, hold my breath waiting for the ICRC and Human Rights Watch to insist on visiting the prisoner and making sure he is not being harmed.
Hamas coming down with a case of morals? Oy vey, poor children…
There is still no evidence that Shalit is still alive.