Shy boy whose fate could change history

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Jul 13, 2005
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2248285,00.html

UNTIL he was captured by Palestinian militants last Sunday there was little to distinguish Gilad Shalit from the thousands of other teenagers doing military service in the Israeli army.

Today the future of the Middle East could hang on the fate of this otherwise unremarkable 19-year-old.

Even as it was publicly squaring up to Israel over the captured soldier, Hamas was opening a back door to peace talks with Israel.


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