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Karnit Goldwasser, wife of abducted IDF reservist Ehud Goldwasser. (Tomer Appelbaum) Last update - 22:50 28/06/2008 Abducted soldier's wife: Sunday's cabinet vote may be last chance By Jack Khoury, Barak Ravid and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: Hezbollah, Prisoner Exchange  Karnit Goldwasser, wife of abducted IDF reservist Ehud Goldwasser, on Saturday said that it was essential that the cabinet vote Sunday on the prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah , after a senior official at the Prime Minister's Office assessed such a vote was unlikely. "This is the first real chance of bringing back Ehud and Eldad [Regev]," Karnit Goldwasser said, "and I'm afraid it could well be the last chance, if the cabinet doesn't vote. We are all very concerned." Israeli reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were captured in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerrillas in July 2006, sparking the Second Lebanon War. Advertisement Sunday's discussion will be the first time that the cabinet meets to discuss the matter. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has not made his position clear yet, despite a likely majority in favor of the exchange deal in the cabinet, which includes the release of murderer Samir Kuntar and four other Lebanese prisoners. Ehud Goldwasser's father, Shlomo, admitted Saturday that the relatives of both Goldwasser and Regev were nervous ahead of the meeting. "There is no doubt, we're extremely nervous and are hoping this matter will finally come to an end," he said. Shlomo Goldwasser added that the worst-case scenario would be if the cabinet fails to vote on Sunday. "We know there is going to be a discussion but recently there have been indications that the prime minister will not bring the matter to a vote, in which case we will miss a great opportunity," he said. "We are fairly confident that a majority of the ministers will vote in favor of the exchange deal and hope the deal will be implemented in a few days." Related articles: PMO: Cabinet vote on Hezbollah prisoner swap may be delayed IDF Chief: It is our duty to bring the hostages home Most ministers back Hezbollah prisoner swap Mother of missing soldier: Hezbollah will kidnap again if Kuntar not returned Bookmark to del.icio.us   Haniyeh's plea Hamas leader in Gaza says rocket fire must stop for sake of Palestinians. Softening position Shin Bet agrees to free prisoners 'with blood on their hands' for Shalit.   1.   No more exchanges without political gains! 22:14  |  markklein1000@yahoo. 28/06/08   2.   They are dead, don`t exchange for dead bodies! 22:45  |  Joey 28/06/08   3.   No more exchanges 22:55  |  Jerusalemite 28/06/08   4.   Almost the whole country is against major exchanges for corpses! 23:04  |  redmike 28/06/08   5.   Israel has already capitulated, no need for more postings 23:34  |  Ezequiel Levy 28/06/08   6.   Reply to Jerusalemite 23:51  |  markklein1000@yahoo. 28/06/08   7.   Proof of life a must. Otherwise, it`s a real bad deal. 00:59  |  Don`t do it. 29/06/08   8.   Exchange 01:45  |  alex 29/06/08

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