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...releasing prisoners - including ranking members of Hamas and other militant organizations - in order to win release of their soldiers or, in some cases, soldiers' bodies. Shalit's captors are demanding it does so now. Thus far, to no avail. Negotiations through Egyptian mediators are ongoing, says Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, but many obstacles remain. While Baroud, like many parents of Palestinian prisoners, wants Gilad's captors to treat him well, none would advocate that he be freed without getting something in return. For years, Palestinians have tried to call attention to the 9,000-plus Palestinians in Israeli jails, many...
...collapse of the Hamas government or else induce it to make such symbolic concessions as recognizing Israel, the U.S. folded its arms in the face of the ever-explosive relationship between Israel and the Palestinians. The Administration spoke of ensuring humanitarian support for the Palestinian population and backing President Mahmoud Abbas, but that did nothing to change the reality that Palestinian voters had elected Hamas as their government - and polls show its support has actually grown during the current showdown. But the financial chokehold and the rising chaos it provoked has clearly weakened the authority of both President Mahmoud Abbas...
...eyes, the Israeli assault on Gaza's basic infrastructure had less to do with finding the missing soldier than inflicting collective punishment. "We have learned from past experience that Israel uses the opportunity to implement scenarios and schemes it has," says Rafiq Husseini, chief of staff to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. "It's obviously not about one soldier...
...Corporal Gilad Shalit and take him to the Gaza Strip, although Hamas and other Arab officials insist Mashaal was not directly involved. The Israelis believe he ordered the high-stakes hostage taking to scupper attempts by the Hamas-led government to join in unity talks with moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas that would implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist...
...Israel has already made clear that if Corporal Gilad Shalit is killed, it will exact a terrible revenge on the Palestinian political leadership. It may even target Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who has reportedly reached agreement with President Mahmoud Abbas to seek some form of a two-state solution, in response to international demands that Hamas recognize Israel. But it isn't Haniyeh and the Hamas leaders in government that are behind the kidnapping; Israel believes the perpetrators are hard-liners taking orders from exiled Hamas leaders in Syria, who oppose the reported shift towards moderation and compromise...