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Hamas sources claim deal to free Schalit could be days away
Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/22/09 | staff

Posted on 11/22/2009 11:42:14 AM PST by Nachum

A deal to free captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit has been finalized, and will be signed in the coming days, according to Hamas sources quoted by Arab media Sunday. Captured IDF soldier Gilad...

Al-Arabiya also quoted the sources as saying that something could still go wrong with the deal at any point.

The deal would entail 450 Palestinian prisoners being released by Israel, 70 of which were new to the previous list. Some of the Palestinians would be transferred to the Gaza Strip, while others would leave the country.

After the Palestinians are released, Schalit would be transferred to Israel via Egypt, the report added

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: days; free; hamas; schalit

1 posted on 11/22/2009 11:42:17 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Seems to me this amounts to crappy negotiating. How about releasing one. Or better yet, just bomb the crap out of them till they release the hostage.

This can only guarantee that another prisoner will be taken...


2 posted on 11/22/2009 12:01:10 PM PST by babygene
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To: babygene

Hate to say it babygene, but you are absolutely correct.
Just two days ago I saw a report of a million dollar offer to anyone who captures an Israeli soldier.


3 posted on 11/22/2009 12:21:47 PM PST by Joe Boucher (This marxist punk has got to go.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Report Gilad Shalit MAY Be Home by Friday
Ynet News/Fox News/The Lid | 11/22/09 | The Lid
Posted on 11/22/2009 1:09:58 PM PST by Shellybenoit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2392205/posts


4 posted on 11/23/2009 6:58:28 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

I saw Shalit’s picture up on FoxNews last night but couldn’t hear the story and forgot to go look up what was going on. Thanks for the ping.


5 posted on 11/23/2009 7:41:41 PM PST by StarCMC (Sometimes you need a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.)
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