Report: Abbas presented Rice with plan for release of Gilad Shalit
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presented a plan for the release of kinapped Corporal Gilad Shalit to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Palestinian sources told the London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat.
According to al-Awsat the plan calls for a cease-fire and the release of Shalit in return for a commitment by Israel to release a large number of Palestinian prisoners. (Roee Nahmias)
