Hamas rejects Israel's truce conditions

[oberliner]

Hamas announced Wednesday is was "rejecting" Israel's official stand on the ceasefire agreement, which preconditions any long-term truce, as well as the opening of the Gaza crossings, with the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

The organization stressed that its prerequisite to Shalit's release was the parallel release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

Hamas leaders in Damascus chided Israel for essentially scorning Egypt's meditation efforts, and said that the conditions for the captive soldier's release were non-negotiable.

Abu Mujahed, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), said that "Gilad Shalit will be released only if the price the Palestinian groups are demanding is met," adding that none of the groups agreed to change any of their demands for a possible exchange deal.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3673864,00.html

[Behind the Aegis]

1. No surprises.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I agree nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Apparently Shalit is still alive...unlike the two returned a while back by Hezbollah

[Behind the Aegis]

4. How'd you come to that conclusion?

[ohio2007]

5. They have a foot or finger they could give as evidence they even have some of him buried in a safe

How many IDF personnel have they given up in the past and what did the vital signs reveal of those corpses handed over ?

[ohio2007]

6. The hunt for collaborators continue

Hamas Deadly Campaign Against Suspected Collaborators

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x261181#261301