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Titolo: Itzik invites Hezbollah to negotiate over kidnapped soldiers

Itzik invites Hezbollah to negotiate over kidnapped soldiers 
 
By Shahar Ilan 
 
Acting President Dalia Itzik invited Hezbollah to begin negotiations with
Israel on a 'fair exchange' for the release of the two soldiers kidnapped
last summer. She also called on Hezbollah to show Israel some sign of life
from the two kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud
Goldwasser.
Itzik was speaking at the official state ceremony yesterday marking the
first anniversary of the Second Lebanon War, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl
National Cemetery. Regev and Goldwasser were abducted by Hezbollah on July
12 last year, sparking the war. Yesterday marked the first anniversary,
according to the Hebrew calendar, of the onset of last summer's Second
Lebanon War. Memorial ceremonies commemorating the war's fallen soldiers
were held in Israel's north and in Jerusalem. 
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said at the ceremony that Israel must restore
its deterrence while keeping its hand outstretched for peace.
 
 
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'The Second Lebanon War was first war since the War of Independence in
which the home front was the battle front,' said the defense minister. 
Barak also questioned whether the political leadership had done enough to
prevent the outbreak of the war, as well as whether the IDF top brass had
done enough to adequately prepare the army.
IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi also spoke at the memorial.
Amir Peretz, who served as defense minister during the war, attended the
ceremony despite not being invited.
Yesterday's events began with a ceremony in Kfar Giladi, where 12
reservist soldiers were killed by a Katyusha strike on August 6. Several
family members of the soldiers spoke at the ceremony, where they lashed
out at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for failing to attend any of the
memorial ceremonies taking place.
Earlier in the day, members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense
Committee from both sides of the political spectrum also slammed Olmert
for refusing to participate in the memorial ceremonies.
'Not showing up to the ceremony does serious damage to the memory of the
fighters, who went to war at your command,' MK Effi Eitam (National
Union-National Religious Party) told Olmert.
MK Ran Cohen (Meretz-Yahad) described Olmert's decision as 'evading
responsibility.'
Olmert noted that the ceremony was not a state event, and said the
families would have to wait for hours to get through security if he
attended. He defended the war, and accused the critical MKs of waging a
political campaign under the guise of defending the families. Olmert also
said he meets with bereaved families every week and takes care of their
problems. 
 
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 Acting President Dalia Itzik invited Hezbollah to begin negotiations
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