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Six Missing Israeli Soldiers By Norma Zager and Ari Bussel “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see…” Ayn Rand Three years ago a Jewish son was taken from his parents. Hamas terror organization kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad during an incursion from Gaza into Israel. His captors have denied access to him by Red Cross workers in violation of the Geneva Convention. For three years his parents have suffered with worry for their son. For three years a merciless enemy has held captive a young man, a soldier. While Gilad Shalit became...

Dec. 5, 2006 23:22 | Updated Dec. 5, 2006 23:39 EU envoy: No proof that Eldad and Goldwasser are alive By TOVAH LAZAROFF Shlomo Goldwasser, left, and Zvi Regev, right, the fathers of captured Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. Photo: AP [file] Israel lacks proof that the two soldiers Hizbullah kidnapped on the Lebanese border last July are alive, the European Union's Ambassador Ramiro Cibrian-Uzal told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. Cibrian-Uzal said that the knowledge Israel possesses regarding the fate of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, differs from the information, which exists regarding the soldier Gilad Shalit...

UN Commissioner refuses to meet captives' families UN high commissioner on human rights announces she will not meet with families of three kidnapped soldiers during Israel visit. Eldad Regev's brother: 'Decision not to meet families should set off red lights of UN stance behind resolution', Ahiya Raved Published: 11.21.06, 23:22 Arbour in Sderot Photo: ReutersThe UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Louise Arbour has decided not to meet with the families of the kidnapped soldiers during her visit to Israel . The families of Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit have approached the commissioner two weeks ago already, but...

by Mark Finkelstein June 20, 2006 For a TV host, there's nothing much more difficult than interviewing a family member of someone who has been killed or seriously harmed. So when the uncle of one of the US soldiers kidnapped and possibly killed in Iraq called for the offering of a massive ransom and a prisoner exchange, give Matt Lauer credit for having had the courage to challenge him. Here's how it went down. Lauer: "A group linked to al-Qaeda on its website has claimed that they actually took Kristian and another soldier. What's your reaction to that?" Replied Ken...