Word: shalit
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...conflict. But there are no peace negotiations on the immediate agenda. Indeed, the most intense - if indirect - bargaining under way right now involves Hamas and Israel, over the list of the Palestinian prisoners Israel will be required to release in exchange for the return of Corporal Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier seized last summer on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. Israel is balking at Hamas's inclusion on its list of men Israel says have blood on their hands; Hamas is saying that there won't be a deal if they're removed from the list...
...meeting, the State Department issued a statement declaring that "the U.S. will not suspend contact with individual Palestinians solely on the ground that they hold office in the unity government.") She will urge Abbas to work for "confidence building" moves towards Israel, such as the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier seized by Hamas inside Israel on June 25. Then she'll shuttle over to Israel, pressing for similar gestures, such as giving the Palestinian populace more freedom of movement...
...people congregated to show support for civilian victims of violence in Israel and voice their opinions about the conflict, Rohr said. The gathering lasted for half an hour, as demonstrators waved Israeli flags and held up signs demanding peace and the release of the imprisoned Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Palestinians affiliated with Hamas in June. Dana A. Stern ’09, who was at the HSI gathering, said she was disappointed that members of the PSC did not attend yesterday’s gathering. “I feel it was inappropriate for them...
...media that Palestinian militants might use the cease-fire to re-arm themselves in Gaza. Still, Olmert is hoping that if he and the Palestinians can make a truce stick, the two enemies may build up trust to hammer out a deal swapping an Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, kidnapped on June 25 in Gaza, for hundreds of Palestinians inside Israeli jails...
...Palestinian negotiators warn, however, that before the biologist's government is installed, Israel will have to lift its siege of Gaza and free dozens of captive Hamas parliamentarians. But that will only happen if Palestinian militants release Corporal Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier snatched on the Gaza border last June. Negotiations are underway to free the corporal, but complications could arise...