Avi Issacharof, Jack Khoury and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents: Officials: Israel may authorize terms for Shalit deal on Wednesday
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Title:No prisoner releases for Shalit
Name:MARK KLEIN, M.D.
City: OAKLANDState: CA
Hamas desperately needs the crossing opened to rebuild. Without that its political standing will whither. Israel should stand firm by insisting Shalit go free unconditionally without a prisoner exchange as the predicate first step towards ceasefire talks.