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Last update - 22:39 20/09/2008
Hamas accuses Israel of back-pedaling in Shalit negotiations
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel 

Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas official in Gaza, on Friday accused Israel of reneging on offers made during the negotiations for the return of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.

In an interview with the Palestinian Ramatan News Agency, Zahar claimed that Israel had offered to free 450 Palestinian prisoners once Shalit was returned to Israel, and then release an additional 550 Palestinians approximately two months later.

Zahar said that Israel is now offering to release only 450 prisoners in exchange for Shalit, and warned Israel that back-pedaling could lead to the negotiations being scrapped altogether.
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Another senior Hamas official was also quoted on Friday as saying the group will not renew negotiations for Shalit's release unless Israel meets its preconditions, the London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported.

According to the report, Hamas laid out three conditions for the renewal of negotiations with Israel: release of all Palestinian prisoners whose names appear on the list that had been given to Israel via Egyptian mediation; implementation of all Israeli commitments in the framework of the ceasefire agreement, including the reopening of Gaza Strip crossings for the passage of goods; the opening of the Rafah crossing.

The newspaper further states that Ofer Dekel, Israel's chief negotiator for securing the release of Shalit, has transferred an Egyptian-brokered list to Hamas of the 450 Palestinian prisoners that Israel would be willing to release in exchange for Shalit.

However, the Hamas official stated his organization's insistence on the original list of names, which includes prisoners serving lengthy prison terms, members of the Hamas parliament, as well as women and children.

Hamas also demands the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Egypt, according to the report.

"It doesn't make any sense that Egypt will moderate our prisoner exchange talks with Israel while it imprisons our members," the official said.

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      1.   At last ! Women and children ! A must, since the children are 13:35  |  lakshmi 19/09/08
      2.   its like abbas threatening to knock mohammed alis block off 13:55  |  v.hardman 19/09/08
      3.   #1 Lakshmi. "A must since the children" 14:12  |  H 19/09/08
      4.   Yes, Lakshmi... 14:21  |  Michael 19/09/08
      5.   Not a brass farthing 14:30  |  dyinglikeflies 19/09/08
      6.   It`s pretty disgusting 14:44  |  Murray 19/09/08
      7.   For Victor Paul Harris Hardman # 2 15:33  |  Clickfool 19/09/08
      8.   #3 H 16:02  |  Cool B 19/09/08
      9.   3 CONDITIONS:RECOGNITION, (1) prisoner for (1) SCHALIT, TRUCE 16:05  |  Jewish doctor 19/09/08
      10.   #1 lakshmi 16:18  |  Jon 19/09/08
      11.   This is Livni`s chance 16:21  |  Michael 19/09/08
      12.   Israel Needs To Tell Hamas Release Shalit Then We Can Do Deal 16:38  |  Dish It Out 19/09/08
      13.   Lakshmi (#1) ``five star`` torture facilities 16:59  |  Gil 19/09/08
      14.   #1 Lakshmi - Don`t be so concerned 17:15  |  * BEN JABO 19/09/08
      15.   how about NO NO and NO 17:23  |  vik 19/09/08
      16.   Ahmedinajad , Nassarallah , PLO Are Moslems Traitors 17:27  |  Joseph.E 19/09/08
      17.   And as of today, dspite tutu`s lies and protestations 17:57  |  Arie 19/09/08
      18.   lakshmi-even you could do better 17:59  |  Arie 19/09/08
      19.   if israel can`t get their way, they will make hamas pay dearly! 18:00  |  Igor D. 19/09/08
      20.   Israel`s response? 18:26  |  Nechama 19/09/08
      21.   Shalit is a POW 18:43  |  MARK KLEIN, M.D. 19/09/08
      22.   Lakshmi (#1) ``five star`` torture facilities 18:44  |  Gil 19/09/08
      23.   lakshmi,you forgot to mention the children are routinely eaten by 18:52  |  terrornator 19/09/08
      24.   3 pre-conditions 18:56  |  Miche Norman 19/09/08
      25.   The absurdity 18:57  |  PlanoStu 19/09/08
      26.   Kdnapping 19:25  |  Jack 19/09/08
      27.   Lakshmi should concern herself with atrocities in India 19:43  |  Voice of Reason 19/09/08
      28.   An Unenviable Job for Livni...... 19:43  |  Dagma 19/09/08
      29.   Sets the new standard price 19:45  |  R`fael Moshe 19/09/08
      30.   If I was Israel`s P.M., I`d shoot a terrorist every 15 minutes 19:45  |  Chaim 19/09/08
      31.   Misleading headline 20:13  |  peter 19/09/08
      32.   Take responsibility 20:28  |  Dave Duncan 19/09/08
      33.   Hostages are as valuable as nuclear weapons. 20:48  |  SHMUEL IN GALUT 19/09/08
      34.   They are asking the impossible 21:33  |  De 19/09/08
      35.   What a messy business. Start again from A. 23:26  |  Stephen. 19/09/08
      36.   Hamas has to be put in its place ....Retake Gaza...... 00:10  |  Dagma 20/09/08
      37.   Free Shalit 00:14  |  wibism 20/09/08
      38.   to #3,4,8,10, 11 .. not better 00:15  |  Sally 20/09/08
      39.   Asking in the same breath for the release of prisoners 00:15  |  Jew- and Bookburner 20/09/08
      40.   @ 30 kidnap Nasrallah and see what they would give 00:21  |  Jew- and Bookburner 20/09/08
      41.   WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE???? 00:22  |  newsreader 20/09/08
      42.   27+28 Much better to show the world who they are and how 00:52  |  Jew- and Bookburner 20/09/08
      43.   The Absurdity 00:58  |  Golani 20/09/08
      44.   To Hamas my three demands 01:09  |  Connie 20/09/08
      45.   hamass` prime condition 01:13  |  Arie 20/09/08
      46.   lakshimi; Re: #1 I never thought.... 02:04  |  Gray 20/09/08
      47.   newsreader 03:12  |  vik 20/09/08
      48.   The absolute barbarism of it 03:23  |  Bitin Dawg 20/09/08
      49.   the morality of hamass 03:43  |  real vision 20/09/08
      50.   Free him once and for all. 03:53  |  Fortuna Benmayor 20/09/08
      51.   Lives mean NOTHING to the animals of Hamas!!! 04:37  |  Akiva P 20/09/08
      52.   #30 newsreader and children a line in hogwash from chicago 06:40  |  v.hardman 20/09/08
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      54.   Gray another thought 07:10  |  Golani 20/09/08
      55.   #8 Cool B 07:37  |  SDHD 20/09/08
      56.   # 37 wibism - Every Palestinian Prisoner 07:49  |  Dolly 20/09/08
      57.   #41; newsreader from Chicago and misconceptions 07:52  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 20/09/08
      58.   Hamas and their phony bargains 08:00  |  DOC HOLLIDAY 20/09/08
      59.   Hamas and mixed messages 10:45  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 20/09/08
      60.   For Doc Holliday # 58 10:50  |  Clickfool 20/09/08
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      68.   Margie #64 14:48  |  Guido 20/09/08
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      82.   For Richard S # 76 21:47  |  Clickfool 20/09/08
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      87.   Clickfool 22:44  |  Wally 20/09/08
      88.   The Thugs of Hamas 22:53  |  Mary P. 20/09/08
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      90.   81 Voice of Reason, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! 00:26  |  lakshmi 21/09/08
      91.   GIVE THEM TIME UNTIL THE END OF RAMADHAN 01:07  |  indrajaya 21/09/08
      92.   #89 Lakshmi - You don`t know what you`re talking about 03:50  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/08
      93.   True CF80, I Word Search Your Comments, But I`ve Never... 05:36  |  Reader 21/09/08
      94.   lakshmi66, Did You Mean... 05:45  |  Reader 21/09/08
      95.   #81 lakshmi - Voice of Reason has a good 08:56  |  Adrian de Klerk 21/09/08
      96.   Thugs, similar to the day of Al Capone 09:29  |  Kathy 21/09/08
      97.   Lakshmi says Hamas doesn`t use women and children 10:33  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 21/09/08
      98.   Gray 12:39  |  Do Tell 21/09/08
      99.   450 Arabs for 1 Israeli & they whinge.Next time don`t kidnap. 13:25  |  PETER SM 21/09/08
      100.   LAKSHMI They are safer overseen by Red Cross than human shields 13:28  |  PETER SM 21/09/08
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      108.   No Clicky its you. 20:01  |  Golani 21/09/08
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