IMRA - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 President Peres' Statement Following the Return of Eldad Regev and

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Subject:President Peres' Statement Following
the Return of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser

PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE

Jerusalem, 16 July 2008

President Peres:

"Lebanon will yet be ashamed; a shame, which will be necessary for it to exist properly: We will bow our heads in memory of the valiant who fell and we will maintain our uprightness in accordance with that of a nation which has morality as its guiding principle"

President Shimon Peres delivered a special address to the nation following the return home of the kidnapped soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev ( http://tinyurl.com/6c7mkf ). At the opening of a special gathering of youth volunteers from the periphery, the President, along with Michal Sela, from Hashomer Hatzair Youth Movement, lit two memorial candles, and the hundreds of participants in the event stood for a moment of silence, in memory of the soldiers.

In his address to the nation President Peres said:

"I am following the events on both sides.

Lebanon celebrates 'Victory.' Heads of state and the leadership of Hezbollah are welcoming the return of Samir Kuntar ( http://tinyurl.com/5bhmbg ), a murderer who smashed the skull of a four-year-old girl, Einat, with his bare hands and the butt of his rifle and then shot her father in cold blood and never expressed regret.

In Israel, a whole nation is in tears. A nation that becomes a family - Goldwasser and Regev.

Israel paid a high price to bring back two fallen soldiers, Udi and Eldad. We wanted these brothers-in-arms to rest at home, with us, embraced by an entire nation.

Ostensibly, the media shows where agony and happiness lie. Where does the moral call reside? With those who welcome a terrible murderer? With a nation lighting memorial candles for two of its bravest soldiers, who fell defending their home?

The answer is clear.

Justice stands on the side of Israel.
Justice is the true form of human triumph.

May murderers rejoice no more. May the spirit of defenders in a just war remain proud.

Lebanon will yet be ashamed; a shame, which will be necessary for it to exist properly: We will bow our heads in memory of the valiant who fell and we will maintain our uprightness in accordance with that of a nation which has morality as its guiding principle."

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