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| Hamas: No Shalit without exchange |
| 2008-04-08 |
| A senior Hamas member has warned Israel that captured soldier Gilad Shalit will not be released alive if Israel does not release 350 Palestinian prisoners. "Hamas refuses to free Gilad Shalit before the release of 350 Palestinian prisoners demanded by Hamas," Moussa Abu Marzouk, the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau, told Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas. "He will remain with us and we will negotiate over his bones." Palestinian fighters captured Shalit in June 2006 and negotiations over a prisoner swap for Palestinians in Israeli custody have so far failed. On Saturday, Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas legislator, warned Shalit's parents that Israel was jeopardising their son's life by not agreeing to release the Palestinian prisoners. "We emphasise to the Shalit family that [Israeli Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert and the people around him are gambling with their son's case," al-Masri said in a statement posted on a pro-Hamas website. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I think their first demand was for 1650 prisoners. There's no denying that they have their nerve. No brains at all, but lots of nerve. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-08 19:48 |
| #3 i hate too say it but i suspect that 350 paleos are equal too one dead shalit |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-04-08 17:08 |
| #2 jew-equivalents Oh dear, SteveS, I hadn't expected that at all! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-04-08 15:22 |
| #1 Hmmm, 1 Shalit == 350 Paleos. Or if you prefer, 1 Paleo == 1/350 Israeli. I always find these exchange rates amusing, but I can never figure out if the low value of Palestinians in jew-equivalents is due to Hamas not understanding market economics or the fact that they understand all too well. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-04-08 14:22 |