Mubarak to Netanyahu: Accept Hamas' demands for Shalit deal
By Haaretz Service
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept Hamas' demands for a prisoner swap deal that would see the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Saudi daily Al-Madina reported on Friday. According to the report, Mubarak told Netanyahu during their talks in Cairo earlier this week that Hamas would not give up on the list of prisoners it wants freed in the swap. If Israel agrees to show some flexibility on the matter, Mubarak was reported as saying, then Egypt could guarantee that the deal go through and even convince Hamas to begin negotiating for a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
Netanyahu did not give a concrete response to the proposal, according to the daily, saying only that Israel would give it consideration and reply when the time was right. In recent weeks, Israel has reportedly been close to reaching a deal with Hamas that would see the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit, who was captured by Gaza militants in June, 2006.
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