Hamas terrorists kidnapped Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit in 2006, at the young age of 19. He remains in captivity to this day and is believed to be alive. Diplomatic and rescue efforts have proven fruitless, and the battle to free this Israeli hero has taken to the web.
Dozens of Jewish organizations will join thousands of Shalit’s tech-savvy supporters on the Internet in a grassroots effort to increase awareness of his plight. The August 26th launch will fall just two days before Shalit’s 23rd birthday (which falls out on Shabbat).
This 24-hour ”tweeting marathon” will bring Shalit’s name and cause to the forefront of the popular social media website, Twitter, and hopefully secure a place on its top ten list of trending discussions, thereby garnering international attention.
”Dubbed “Tweet4Shalit’, the event will include thousands of supporters who sign onto Twitter to tweet the hashtag “#GiladShalit” explained campaign initiator @JIDF (Jewish Internet Defense Force) in an email sent to lubavitch.com.
Lubavitch.com, the official website of Chabad Lubavitch headquarters, is participating in the campaign with a twist of its own.
“By holding Shalit, Hamas is in direct violation of international law,” explains Yaacov Behrman, the site’s coordinator, “We are asking our readers to bring awareness to his cause by tweeting good deeds in his honor.”
Those on Twitter should tweet the good deed or mitzvah they are doing in Shalit’s honor, along with the hashtag #GiladShalit. Interested readers who do not have Twitter can register on twitter.com for free.
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May God listen to us!
come on guys i cant hear you! say tweet louder!!!
MOSHIACH NOW FREE GILAD SHALIT NOW
that were we are diffrent.. we will do all we can to save one jewish nesham and if that means to free 1500 of those dogs then so be it.. the world is run by Gd not anyone/anything else.. if you believe in Him everythign will be fine
1500 terrorists?
that would be nothing but a strategic victory and put killers that do the opposite of what this soldier does
theres only one method of bringing back a soldier from behind enemy lines
im sad to say that it seems we live in a climate where most of our bretherns reasoning are absolutely clouded to the detriment and safety of future jews and children
we need a different discourse among the leadership in israel
gilad were waiting for you brother!
Everyone tweet, tweet, tweet all day!!!
Great stuff. Follow Chabad.org on Twitter
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Ill be tweeting for Gilad all day. Hope we make it to the top ten as one strong nation!!