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Last update - 23:28 20/07/2008 Barak: Israel will do all it can to bring Shalit home By Haaretz Service Tags: ehud olmert, ami ayalon  Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday evening that Israel would do everything in its power to see the safe return of captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit. "We have a sense of moral and commanding obligation to do everything possible and appropriate to bring Gilad home whole," Barak said during an event honoring Israel's 1948 generation in Tel Aviv. At the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem earlier Sunday, Barak proposed imposing a full military censure on the Shalit talks, saying that less transparency will increase the chances that negotiations will succeed. Advertisement Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the cabinet he believes Shalit will return to Israel alive and well. "I have called the Shalit family and promised them in all our names that we would do everything possible to bring Gilad Shalit home alive, healthy and whole as soon as possible," he said. Olmert and Barak's comments come one day after Hamas confirmed that negotiations over Shalit's release were officially on hold. Meanwhile, former Shin Bet chief and Labor Party Minister Ami Ayalon on Sunday urged Israel to release Palestinian prisoners as soon as possible in exchange for captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit. Ayalon told Army Radio that Israel already knows that terror groups' demands do not decrease over time. "The Ron Arad case taught us that we have to pay the price, with all of the pain and significance bound up in that," Ayalon said. A national security forum gathered at the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday to discuss the ongoing negotiations over the release of Shalit, who was abducted in a cross border raid in 2006. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Prime Olmert, Barak and security chiefs all attended Sunday's meeting. A senior Hamas figure said Saturday that once the group understood that Israel was not fulfilling its end of the cease-fire agreement, it had decided that continuing the Shalit talks would be futile at this time. Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants in June 2006 and has been held in Gaza since. Related articles: Minister Ayalon: Israeli Arabs should have 'cultural independence' Min. Ayalon warns tensions with Syria 'could lead to mistakes' (2006) Panel drops bill forbidding release of suspects names before indictment Bookmark to del.icio.us   Baptism by fire Bradley Burston offers 10 Mideast traps for Barack Obama to avoid. A second life 'Exodus' passenger makes aliyah six decades after being turned away.   1.   "Trade jailed Palestinians for Shalit as soon as possible " 21:44  |  Esther 20/07/08   2.   Ami Ayalon is right 21:51  |  Otto Rand 20/07/08   3.   Last week`s deal saw and end to Shalit`s early release! 22:00  |  redmike 20/07/08   4.   While we`re young please 22:06  |  Natallie Durson 20/07/08   5.   Release the prisoners 22:57  |  * BEN JABO 20/07/08   6.   Guess this means we`re ready to trigger a war in the North 23:06  |  dyinglikeflies 20/07/08   7.   Yeah, do something to free this guy! 23:24  |  Ulf 20/07/08   8.   Hey, Barak : What About the IDF`s Duty to Defend Israel ? 23:40  |  Tod Zuckerman 20/07/08   9.   "Just like in accounting, debits offset credits" 23:43  |  Esther 20/07/08   10.   Re Natallie #4... While we`re alive, please... 23:46  |  Esther 20/07/08   11.   " Barak: Israel will do all it can to bring Shalit home" 00:01  |  Esther 21/07/08   12.   Release the Palestinian lawmakers,women and especially the 00:07  |  lakshmi 21/07/08   13.   EYES AND EARS OPEN: MOUTHS SHUT 00:12  |  Brant 21/07/08   14.   and what u say about the solider who shot ? 00:27  |  Ivan 21/07/08   15.   Whose meaning when translated is 00:31  |  Talk don`t act 21/07/08   16.   Negotiate for Hamas 00:47  |  Nathaniel 21/07/08   17.   OPEN UP THE HILTON PRISON DOORS AND LET THEM ALL OUT FOR SHALIT; 01:16  |  glenna 21/07/08   18.   Shalit 01:22  |  Paul 21/07/08   19.   Fast and simple: Offer for free a nuclear bomb. 02:04  |  I 21/07/08   20.   Hey Durson 02:18  |  Shai 21/07/08   21.   Barak is opening his mouth again 02:20  |  Terry 21/07/08   22.   That means nothing 02:24  |  susha 21/07/08   23.   Red Mike-- It wasn`t justOlmerts blunder; Where was oposition? 02:25  |  Terry 21/07/08   24.   Tod Zuckerman, you`re absolutely correct. 02:28  |  Terry 21/07/08   25.   Barak`s bullshit 03:47  |  Realist 21/07/08   26.   Israel Intel.Services Have No Proof That Shalit Is Alive . 04:50  |  Joseph.E 21/07/08   27.   with all my heart, I hope he will be back home soon 23:38  |  mehmet 22/07/08   28.   THE QUESTION IS;HOW LONG WILL YOU TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE BRINGING 06:21  |  glenna 23/07/08

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