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Damascus Hamas against, Gaza Hamas for swap deal | |
2009-12-25 | |
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Hamas leaders in Damascus are against Israel's latest offer in a prisoner swap deal, but the organization's Gaza members want to accept, an Arabic newspaper reported. Al-Sharq al-Awsat, a London-based, pan-Arabic newspaper, reported Friday that Israel's latest offer delivered from Israel to Hamas by a German mediator is not acceptable to Hamas leaders in Damascus. The deal would see hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons in exchange for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
"Israel will wait a long time if it fails to pay the price for the release of Shalit," a Hamas source told the Arabic newspaper. Damascus also reportedly is against having the prisoners deported outside of the West Bank or Gaza. | |
Posted by:Steve White |