State Requests That Schalit Petition Be Rejected, While Isra

Aviva and Noam Schalit, the parents of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit, petitioned Israel's supreme court on Saturday in an effort prevent the opening of Gaza border crossings, so long as their son remains in captivity. The Schalit family expressed fears that the opening of the crossings would allow their son's captors to smuggle him out and harm efforts to free him.Schalit was abducted in a cross border raid near the Gaza Strip two years ago. While he has not been seen since his kidnapping, recordings of his voice and handwritten letters have been released. As the fate of Gilad Schalit continues to hang over the nation, Israeli citizens on the streets of Jerusalem expressed their opinion on th