[monday]

"Gillerman didn't say what Israel was offering in return for Shalit, but presumably it was planning to release a large number of Palestinian prisoners. "

Then they should execute the prisoners instead. As long as they are alive, Israelis will be in danger of being kidnapped so that they can be exchanged for the prisoners.

[Shermy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712482/posts

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Monday that Israel had offered to release up to 1,000 prisoners in exchange for captured soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit, but Hamas had turned down the proposal.

"[There was] a deal that could have freed 900 to 1,000 prisoners, but sadly they have decided to keep holding him," he told Al-Arabiyeh Television.