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Signatures for Gilad from around the globe

19/02/09

Young adults in South Africa,
Alabama, France circulating

petitions, raising awareness for
kidnapped soldier

By Daniel Edelson

Daniel Barnett (23) and his
friends in the "Habonim

Dror'"movement in Johannesburg
have rounded up some 130
This is the actual photo used by Ynet to go with the article!
signatures on an Internet petition
This is Daniel Barnett, S’gan Mazkir of Habonim Dror
in support of kidnapped IDF Southern Africa, with a presentation case of preserved
soldier Gilad Shalit. insects. “Why?” I hear you cry. And that’s some grin! Which
reminds me to ask, What’s an insects best chat-up line?
Pardon me, but is this stool taken?!
"We only started (Tuesday) and
we expect to have reached 200

signatures by tonight," Barnett, the chairman of the Zionist youth movement, said
Wednesday.

"The deadline we set for ourselves was to get at least a few thousand signatures and
maybe even 10,000 by the middle of March. We intend to publicize the petition in
local newspapers, in the hopes that it will reach each one of the 70,000 Jews in

South Africa," he said.

Barnett isn't out to change the world, but still thinks his actions are important. "In
particular now, when the issue is more relevant than ever, it can be small initiatives
like these that end up as something huge. We, as members of a Zionist youth

movement, are ideological people and believe that nothing can stand in the way of
willpower," he said.

"The idea is to show the world that the South African community stands behind
Israel and wants justice," he added.