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Israel holds crucial meeting on prisoner swap (AP)
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My latest dispatch on Global Post -- a week or so after it posted, because I've been in Italy and, well, the Middle East wasn't on my mind...I didn't miss the taste of humus too much either, not with all that saltimboca and gelato... Palestinians are divided; Israelis too. Not a good basis for negotiation. By Matt Beynon Rees - GlobalPost JERUSALEM — The traditional diplomatic formulation for peace between Israel and the Palestinians is ...
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Israel holds crucial meeting on prisoner swap
8 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Israel holds crucial meeting on prisoner swap JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top ministers on Monday debated whether to approve an emotionally charged deal to trade 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants for more than three years. Netanyahu and six ministers had met three times on Sunday, including a session that lasted late into the night. With the group divided over ...
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