äãîîä: A moment of silence
To mark the one year anniversary of the abduction of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, the two Israeli soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah sparked last year’s war between Israel and Lebanon, at 9:05 this morning Israel’s leading websites took themselves offline for five minutes in an act of silent protest calling for the soldiers’ release. The sites each linked to Banim.org, a website established by the Keren Maor Foundation, which provides assistance to the families of Goldwasser, Regev, and Gilad Shalit, who was likewise abducted by Hamas militants outside of Gaza last summer.
Haaretz
The Jerusalem Post
Yediot Ahranot
NRG (Maariv)
MSN
Google did not go offline, but did add a blue and white ribbon to their site, linking to a search on Jeremiah 31:17, the “slogan” of the Maor Foundation
Nana
Hyde Park
Tapuz
Zeek also took itself offline in solidarity
A surprising and welcome show of unity. I only wish it was perpetual. Tomorrow, I hope they won’t forget about them again.