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The Abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit (Yaron Kaminsky) Last update - 18:24 03/05/2008 Kuwaiti paper: Hamas willing to show flexibility over Shalit By Haaretz Service Tags: Israel, Hamas, Gilad Shalit  Palestinian sources have said that Hamas is willing to show flexibility over a prisoner swap deal, which may facilitate the release of the abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida reported on Saturday. The paper said that Hamas had told Egypt it is willing to continue negotiations over the release of Shalit, who was abducted by Hamas militants in 2006, in exchange for a lull in the fighting between the Islamic organization and Israel in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported on Saturday that the heart procedure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas underwent in a Jordan hospital on Thursday resulted from the acute distress he suffered after his meeting with U.S. President George Bush last week. Advertisement A Palestinian official told the paper that Abbas was deeply upset by Bush's unequivocal endorsement of Israel's policy toward the West Bank and Gaza. "Bush's stance shocked and agitated him. He seemed angered, and now suffers from disquiet and weakness," the source said. Abbas is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem on Monday. Related articles: Erekat: Abbas 'doing very, very well' after heart procedure U.S. officials: Bush will wait to present final-status guidelines Abbas asks Bush to keep closer eye on settlement expansion Olmert vows to 'forge historic path' toward peace with Palestinians Bookmark to del.icio.us   Under probe Olmert stays focused on work despite new allegations. Taxi Hamas Hamas police cars serve as taxis in fuel-starved Gaza.   1.   A NEW HIGH (OR LOW) IN PAL PROPAGANDA 17:59  |  Brant 03/05/08   2.   having an angioplasty is not from stress 18:11  |  Shepherd 03/05/08   3.   The Bush problem is self correcting 18:23  |  Natallie Durson 03/05/08   4.   a credulous heart 18:32  |  JW 03/05/08   5.   Suffers from disquiet? that`s a diagnosis? 20:08  |  Richard S 03/05/08   6.   Abbas has Atherosclerosis from eating lotsa fat@EU donor dinners. 20:12  |  Alan 03/05/08   7.   And I Thought Jews Were Good At Placing Guilt 21:00  |  B`Galil 03/05/08   8.   Reminds me of my grandmother 21:03  |  Aphemia 03/05/08   9.   abbas heart problem 21:11  |  real vision 03/05/08   10.   Abbas, drink a little less wiskey 21:51  |  Jewboy 03/05/08   11.   World is accomplice to Sodom and Gomorrah enemy of Israel 22:03  |  Maccabi 03/05/08   12.   What else did abbas expect from the Crime Syndicate? 22:13  |  lakshmi 03/05/08   13.   Is Abbas serious? 22:16  |  Jackie 03/05/08   14.   The devil and the Pearly Gate 23:16  |  Baz Mann 03/05/08   15.   What a laugh. 23:22  |  Wolf 03/05/08   16.   Send Your Rebate To Hamas Natalie 23:32  |  GZLives 03/05/08   17.   hesaidshesaid 23:47  |  jon 03/05/08   18.   # 5 It is possible and plausible 23:50  |  17 03/05/08   19.   Abbas suffered a heart distress from Bush 00:27  |  Jim 04/05/08   20.   Is Hamas serious 00:32  |  * BEN JABO 04/05/08   21.   PLACE BLAME ON RIGHT PEOPLE 00:51  |  TOBIA 04/05/08   22.   Bush forced Abbas heart attack 01:06  |  Zev 04/05/08   23.   More hot air by hamas 01:58  |  Adrian de Klerk 04/05/08   24.   The man has always suffered from weakness! What a joke! 02:49  |  McQueen 04/05/08   25.   hamas "flexibility" and abbas heart condition 04:42  |  Shmuelshachor 04/05/08   26.   re 16 natty d and the rest of the Arabs 05:52  |  Alan the real one 04/05/08   27.   Hamas will be "flexible" 13:14  |  * BEN JABO 04/05/08   28.   report of mia Shalit 13:56  |  Rev Dr Robert Carrol 04/05/08   29.   #27 Rev.Dr. Carrol - England 03:09  |  * BEN JABO 05/05/08

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