Report: Next 2 days crucial for Shalit deal
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The London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported that there has been unprecedented progress in efforts to secure a deal that would see captive soldier Gilad Shalit returned to Israel and noted that the following days would be crucial.
The paper quoted Palestinian sources who claimed that Israel agreed to release PFLP Secretary-General Ahmed Saadat and has even accepted the demand that he return to his home in Ramallah and not be expelled from the territories. It was further reported that former Fatah Secretary-General in the West Bank Marwan Barghouti would be among the prisoners released. (Ali Waked)
