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Mahmoud Zahar. (AP) Last update - 10:18 24/06/2007 Zahar: Hamas willing to renew talks over release of Shalit By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press Top Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said Saturday that Hamas is willing to renew negotiations over the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for an Israeli release of Palestinian prisoners. "If Israel wants to begin at the point where we stopped, there is a possibility to complete the exchange deal", Zahar said. Shalit was captured in a cross-border raid by Hamas and two smaller militant groups in June last year. So far, Egyptian mediation attempts to exchange Shalit for Palestinian prisoners have failed. Advertisement IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were subsequently abducted by Hezbollah on July 12 near the border with Lebanon, sparking the Second Lebanon War. Noam Shalit, Gilad Shalit's father, said Saturday that he hopes he won't go through another "nightmarish" year, and called on the government "to pick up the pace in bringing back the children." Shalit spoke at a ceremony in Rosh Hanikra following a cycle rally in the western Galilee, organized to show support for the abducted Israel Defense Forces soldiers and their families. Karnit Goldwasser, wife of Ehud Goldwasser, called on newly elected president, Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Ehud Barak to act for the quick release of the abducted troops, "and not to let apathy kill them." Some 3,000 cyclists took part in the rally Saturday morning, under the banner of "stop apathy for the sake of the kidnapped soldiers." The cyclists began at the Regba shopping center situated between the coastal towns of Acre and Nahariya, and finished at Rosh Hanikra. The rally marks almost a year since Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants. Bookmark to del.icio.us   A gentleman's word Olmert tells Haaretz he knows Iran won't have nuclear capacity. Farewell to arms B'Tselem says IDF must ban wide-range shell that killed civilians in Gaza.   1.   HAMAS: Aid money is translated into weapons 02:03  |  Nannette 24/06/07   2.   ISRAEL: Aid money is translated into weapons 02:44  |  Paulo 24/06/07   3.   You must recognize a diligent perception and slick response 04:50  |  Mark Lincoln 24/06/07   4.   Perhaps someone is a widdle confused 06:01  |  Mark Parity 24/06/07   5.   FIRST ARREST ALL HAMAS, JIHAD TERRORISTS, THEN TALK)))))))) 07:56  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 24/06/07   6.   Impotence on parade 09:01  |  Natallie Durson 24/06/07   7.   What procrastination does to us...... 09:56  |  Esther 24/06/07   8.   Zahar 10:42  |  CD 24/06/07   9.   Paulo, I for one will start listen to you only once you state 11:36  |  Dubi 24/06/07   10.   Put a patch on his eye, and he`ll look like a pirate 05:59  |  Ken 25/06/07   11.   #3 Naallie 23:13  |  Boris 17/04/08

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