Noam Shalit sits in front of a poster

bearing the image of his captive son,

Gilad, left, along with that of Israeli Air

Force navigator Ron Arad, missing in

action over Lebanon since 1986.

Israel accepts terms of German deal for Shalit.

(JTA)

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rime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said Israel had accept-
ed a German-mediated deal for
the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad
Shalit and was awaiting Hamas' response.

Netanyahu did not specify the terms of
the proposal.
Saturday marked the fifth anniversary
of Shalit's capture in a cross-border raid
near Gaza. Shalit was captured on June 25,
2006, taken across the border from Israel
into Gaza, and has been held since then by

Hamas.
"This proposal was harsh; it was not
simple for the State of Israel," Netanyahu
said Sunday in a statement released after
the weekly Cabinet meeting. "However,
we agreed to accept it in the belief that
it was balanced between our desire to

secure Gilad's release and to prevent pos-
sible harm to the lives and security of
the Israeli people. As of now, we have yet
to receive Hamas's official answer to the
German mediator's proposal.
The statement said, "The State of Israel
is ready to go far, more than any other
country, in order to secure Gilad's release,
but it is my responsibility, and the respon-
sibility of those who are sitting here, to
see to the security and lives of the Israeli
people."
At a news conference Sunday in
Jerusalem outside the prime minister's
official residence, Noam Shalit announced
a new campaign to garner more tangible
public support for striking a deal to bring
home his son.
"We say to Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, you have no man-
date to sentence Gilad to death:' the elder
Shalit said.
Shalit family members chained them-
selves together outside the residence in
Jerusalem on Saturday night as hundreds
of supporters gathered in support. Others
protested outside Netanyahu's home in
Caesarea.
Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli celebri-
ties and politicians marked 24 hours

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JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT
COMBINED ANNUAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the
United Jewish Foundation will take place on

Jewish
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of Metropolitan Detroit

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit will take place on

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

7:30 p.m.
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West Bloomfield, Michigan

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Elyse Foltyn, Chair

Beverly Liss, Chair

Diane Goldstein
Bernard S. Kent
Alan S. Zekelman

Nancy Heinrich
Matthew B. Lester
Robb Lippitt
Marcie Orley
Sandra R. Schwartz

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Jewish Foundation and filed with the Chief Executive Officer not less than 45 days prior to
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in writing either in the petition or in a separate written document filed with the Chief
Executive Officer not less than 45 days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

Filings should be sent to:
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date of the Annual Meeting. Only one person may be nominated in each petition, and no
nominations shall be valid unless the nominee shall have consented to be a candidate in
writing either in the petition or in a separate written document filed with the Chief Executive
Officer not less than 45 days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

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