Amb. Rice Meets with Noam Shalit; Reiterates Call for Gilad’s Release

David Streeter — September 8, 2011 – 3:15 pm | Barack Obama | Foreign Policy | Israel | Terrorism Comments (0) Add a comment

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice met with Noam Shalit—the father of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit—and expressed America’s solidarity with the Shalit family as Gilad’s captivity reached 1,900 days. Following her meeting with Shalit’s father, Rice reiterated the Obama Administration’s call for Hamas to free Shalit:

I was honored to meet with Noam Shalit today, 1,900 days after his son, Gilad, was taken captive. During this period, Hamas has held Gilad hostage and without access by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in violation of international humanitarian standards and basic decency. I expressed to Mr. Shalit the solidarity of the United States with him and his family, and I reiterated our strongest condemnation of his son’s detention. As I have said repeatedly in the UN Security Council, Hamas must immediately and unconditionally release Gilad Shalit.

 

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