BRUSSELS (EJP)--- Busloads of people descended upon Schuman Square, in the heart of the EU quarter of Brussels, on Wednesday afternoon to join a rally to show solidarity and support for the families of the three Israeli soldiers abducted this summer.

As well as local Belgians, many of the supporters came from France as well as other European countries including Germany, Holland and Italy. They gathered and shouted slogans such as “Free our soldiers”, “Bring them home” and “Save the hostages”.

Chanting “Am Yisrael Chai” (The people of Israel lives), they appealed to the European Union for its help in securing the release of Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

So far the three young men are still held by Hamas and Hezbollah and the families have not received any sign of life until now...

...Red Cross criticised

Several speakers criticized the fact the International Red Cross was unable to give the families any information about the whereabouts of their sons as “unacceptable”.

Roger Cukierman, head of CRIF, the umbrella group of French secular Jewish organizations, denounced the use of European money to help “bloodthirsty people for whom the human being is a bargaining chip”...