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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, is escorted by his father Noam Schalit, right, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense minster Ehud Barak as he arrives at Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/ GPO, HO)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, left, is followed by from right: parents Noam and Aviva, brother Yoel and Yoel's girlfriend Yaara Winkler at the Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, left, shakes hand with Defense Minister Ehud Barak as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, smiles at the Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/ Defense Ministry, Ariel Hermoni, HO)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit walks down the stairs into his home in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, after over five years in captivity, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/ IDF)
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Noam Schalit, right, and Aviva Schalit, third right, parents of Israeli captured soldier Gilad Schalit walk together with their son Yoel, fifth right, and his girlfriend Yaara Winkler, fourth right, along with Israeli army officers towards an Army helicopter, not seen, in Tefen, northern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit , center, walks to a car after landing in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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An Israeli military Helicopter carrying released soldier Gilad Schalit lands in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 . (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Released Sgt. Gilad Schalit (second from right) walks with his father, Noam (right), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left) and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (left) at the Tel Nof Air Base in southern Israel on Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Israeli Defense Ministry)
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Illustration: Israel by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Palestinian Hamas supporters celebrate the announcement of a prisoner swap deal with Israel, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip on Oct. 11, 2011. Israeli and Hamas have reached a deal to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, held by Hamas-linked militants in the Gaza Strip since 2006, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, officials from both sides said. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta places a memorial wreath at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Monday, during his first trip to Israel as defense secretary. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: Israel by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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**FILE** Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon (The Washington Times)
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On Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah hold signs depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a pirate during a demonstration supporting the Palestinian bid for statehood. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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U.S. TV commentator Glenn Beck gestures as he speaks in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 11, 2011. Conservative U.S. television commentator Glenn Beck received several rounds of applause by Israeli lawmakers as he voiced his unequivocal support for Israel during a visit to Jerusalem. He spoke Monday before a packed parliamentary committee. (Associated Press)
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"It is an axis to which there are objectors, who are appealing not against policy, but against Israel," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Associated Press)
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A rocket is launched from a new Israeli anti-missile system known as Iron Dome in order to intercept a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, on Aug. 21, 2011. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Wounded Israeli soldiers are treated at the site of a shooting attack along the border between Israel and Egypt, southern Israel, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Yosi Ben)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "Disengagement," a 2007 film starring Juliette Binoche, was filmed in southern Israel. The Middle Eastern country is hoping to cash in on the multibillion-dollar movie industry and wants the real Jerusalem - not Mediterranean stand-ins - on the silver screen, and is offering a variety of incentives to producers.
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An Israeli bus involved in a shooting attack along the border between Israel and Egypt in southern Israel drives away from the site, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Assailants armed with heavy weapons, guns and explosives crossed into southern Israel from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing six Israelis and wounding at least a dozen more in an audacious string of attacks that stoked concerns about Palestinian militants exploiting the recent instability in Egypt. (AP Photo/Yair Sagie) ISRAEL OUT
