Hamas lawmaker: Egypt offers swap of 1,400 prisoners for Shalit - Haaretz

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Hamas lawmaker: Egypt offers swap of 1,400 prisoners for Shalit

By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent

Hamas parliamentarian Muhammad Sheehab, who is also a member of the prisoner's committee, said Monday that the groups holding abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have received an Egyptian offer for his release.

According to Sheehab, in return for Shalit, a total of 1,429 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons would be released.

Sheehab claimed that the Egyptian offer followed discussions with Israel.

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"The Mecca agreement has had a positive effect on Israel's stance in the matter of the abducted soldier," he said.

A Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhum, told Haaretz on Monday that a new Egyptian proposal has reached Hamas, and that to a great extent it had met the demands of the kidnappers. However, he refused to offer any details on the proposal.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Monday in Gaza that in the coming days the constitutional efforts will be put in place for the establishment of a unity government in the Palestinian Authority.

Haniyeh's advisor, Ahmed Yusuf, said that on Tuesday Haniyeh will announce the resignation of the Hamas government, and immediately afterward, the process of creating a unity government will begin.

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1.	why is egpyt making this offer??	04:21	\|	vik	13/02/07

2.	Israel should refuse to make seperate deals	04:23	\|	idf_sergeant	13/02/07

3.	# 1 vic	04:48	\|	Lynn	13/02/07

4.	Wow! How most generous!!	05:31	\|	Alex	13/02/07

5.	The double-standard of leftists regarding detention of terrorists	05:51	\|	Marwan مروان خو	13/02/07

6.	The Pharaoh isn`t an honest broker	05:51	\|	* BEN JABO	13/02/07

7.	Releasing those detained as terrorist suspects will send a wrong	05:58	\|	Marwan مروان خو	13/02/07

8.	No deal without all 3 Israeli prisoners and Ron Arad	06:03	\|	Yosef	13/02/07

9.	idf_sergeant - GOOD POINT!	06:11	\|	Zoraan	13/02/07

10.	1400 Rats	06:27	\|	ottomatik	13/02/07

11.	All Three Soldiers need To Be Released At Same Time	06:50	\|	Kipperraes	13/02/07

12.	Another offer: if the Pals return Shalit, Israel won`t kill ...	07:09	\|	sk	13/02/07

13.	Embarrassing for each Muslim worldwide	07:12	\|	From the Moon	13/02/07

14.	Deal For Soldiers	07:23	\|	Mark	13/02/07

15.	The prisoners are safer in Israel	07:39	\|	Carl Peters	13/02/07

16.	Israel Use to Say	07:50	\|	The Warrior	13/02/07

17.	Swap	07:57	\|	Omran	13/02/07

18.	Counter offer	08:02	\|	Eli	13/02/07

19.	# 9	08:27	\|	Solidarity	13/02/07

20.	Yawn !	08:37	\|	redmike	13/02/07

21.	ABSURD LOGIC: attracts more terror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	08:42	\|	Ben Uziel	13/02/07

22.	To Marwa Khouri	08:55	\|	Ali	13/02/07

23.	Insane	09:34	\|	Yossi	13/02/07

24.	#16 Ali	09:59	\|	Willy	13/02/07

25.	Prisoners	10:00	\|	ari	13/02/07

26.	Good Deal....we need 20 minutes we get 1.400 arabs to swap..Fools	10:27	\|	Stright 2 the point	13/02/07

27.	The sheer nastiness of Israel, in a nutshell # 24	11:06	\|	Clickfool	13/02/07

28.	Gilad Swap Is Worse than STupid it is Criminal	11:23	\|	Judah L	13/02/07

29.	#12 Hey SK; you are a mad hatter!	11:33	\|	ballistic	13/02/07

30.	#18 Mighty helpful advice from Sydney!!!	11:34	\|	ballistic	13/02/07

31.	Return the soldiers. Beat the terrorists hard afterwards.	11:57	\|	Shlomo from Tel-Aviv	13/02/07

32.	ITS OK WE WILL JUST HAVE TO CAPTURE 1400 NEW PRISONERS	12:28	\|	SHLOMO	13/02/07

33.	WHY NOT 14,000	12:38	\|	Brant	13/02/07

34.	Talkback to Egyptian 1429:Shalit offer	12:53	\|	J.M.Jordan	13/02/07

35.	Egypt offers swap of 14000 prisoners for Shalit	12:55	\|	Majed Elhewaihi	13/02/07

36.	Marwan	12:59	\|	Lynn	13/02/07

37.	# 13 Moon	13:02	\|	Lynn	13/02/07

38.	Disproportionate imprisonment	14:02	\|	Brigitte Meier	13/02/07

39.	SAYAROT	16:04	\|	daniel	13/02/07

40.	Disproportionate Imprisoned?	16:19	\|	Lynn	13/02/07

41.	# 35 Majed	16:21	\|	Lynn	13/02/07

42.	PALS have "UNITY" GOVT.Shalit should be released UNCONDITIONALLY	16:53	\|	Vittorio	13/02/07

43.	Yosef # 8 IN NY, OF COURSE.	17:04	\|	Robert	13/02/07

44.	Don`t be ridiculous, Vittorio # 42	17:25	\|	Clickfool	13/02/07

45.	Clickfool - don`t fool yourself!	18:01	\|	Zoraan	13/02/07

46.	One Jew worth 1400 Arabs? Just Jewish arrogance and pride.	18:11	\|	Clickfool	13/02/07

47.	Prisoner swap	18:26	\|	Esther	13/02/07

48.	Shalit NOW!!!	18:48	\|	Esther	13/02/07

49.	King David would be embarassed	07:13	\|	Roy Galut	17/02/07