A reader writes:
They were already tested. Noam Shalit, Gilad Shalit's father, made the following offer to the flotilla organizers last week: if you will take a package to my son, I will lobby the government and try and convince them to let you through to Gaza. His request was rejected.
Another writes:
Beinart insists that anti-blockade activists should demand the release of Shalit, a uniformed soldier captured on the battlefield. For what it's worth, I am against the blockade and in favor of Hamas releasing Shalit, but I am also in favor of Israel releasing the thousands (I've heard the number 11,000) of Palestinians who are rotting in Israeli prisons without trials.
By the way, everyone knows Corporal Shalit's name - how many of us can name a single Palestinian being held by Israel? Beinart? Anyone?