By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents: ANALYSIS / Gaza gains have softened Israel stance on Shalit deal
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them.With U.S. and EU help,the arms flow to Gaza will hopefully end or significantly slow and now with a less Iran radically lead Hamas, a potential acceptance of the Jewish state and Oslo may well result with Goerge Mitchell as the new U.S. envoy for peace talks involving Abbas and for a Palestinian State to emerge.Under these changed circmstances prisoner exchange for Shalit is likely.