PM: If Shalit deal formed, there will be public debate
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on reports of progress in talks for the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit, and said he would allow a public debate in the matter if conditions for a deal are reached with Hamas. However, the prime minister stressed that as of yet, "there is no agreement and no decision."
"There is still no deal and I don't know if there will be one," he said, "If there is, it will be brought before the government. We will spare no public discussion, and we will not execute it in secret. We will allow ministers and the public to debate it," Netanyahu said speaking from the police headquarters in Jerusalem. (Efrat Weiss)
