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Israeli PM faces growing public pressure over rescuing captive soldier
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing increasing public pressure to step up negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israel Defense Forces soldier held captive by the Palestinian Hamas movement for exactly four years on Friday.
Six leading Israeli academics and public figures met in recent days and sent Netanyahu a joint letter, asking him to "do all that is possible" for the safe release of the soldier.
All six signatories to the letter are close friends of Netanyahu's fallen brother Yoni Netanyahu who was killed while commanding a special forces operation to rescue Israeli civilians held hostage in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.Click here to read the full story.
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