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Published in Shalom Magazine for Alumni of MASHAV Training Courses - Jerusalem 2011

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Gilad, Welcome home.
In a few minutes you will descend the stairs and enter your home.
We accompany you with excitement. With tears in our eyes. With a proud heart.
We saw you pale but standing tall. We stood tall with you.
You returned to us. And we returned to ourselves.
The children of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF are tasting the taste of freedom with you. The taste of our homeland.
Your parents worked day and night with love, with determination and respect for your return.
Your were isolated in captivity.
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(Communicated by the MFA Spokesperson)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman instructed the Israel Foreign Ministry to convey a message to the Turkish authorities, offering humanitarian assistance following the earthquake which struck Turkey today.
The Israel Embassy in Ankara has conveyed the offer to the Turkish authorities.
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President Shimon Peres met this morning with the German mediator who was instrumental in facilitating the agreement to free Gilad Shalit. He was joined by senior members of Germany's security establishment and government. The President used the opportunity to thank German Chancellor Angela Merkel for Germany's invaluable assistance in bringing Shalit home.