Gilad Shalit resources

Information on Gilad Shalit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit

Petition on behalf of Gilad Shalit: http://www.standwithus.com/gilad/

From Jewish Community Relations in New York.  Includes a video of Shalit speaking from prison in June, 2009:
http://www.jcrcny.org/what-we-do/israel-international-affairs/gilad.html

From Koach, affiliated organization of USCJ, a “yellow balloon campaign.” http://www.koach.org/gilad.php

Mitzvah of “pidyon shevuyim,” or redeeming captives: http://www.jewishagency.org/NR/rdonlyres/DFB23698-E7A9-43B7-98D6-DC572AFF8868/61499/APPENDIX.pdf

Information from the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC: http://www.israelemb.org/education/events/gilad%20%204%20years.htm