Netanyahu: Israel willing to release 1,000 prisoners for Shalit
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a short public address following the recent debate over the negotiations to release kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, said the prisoner exchange deal was being delayed by Hamas, not by Israel.
"We offered to release 1,000 prisoners. That is the price I am willing to pay. I'm willing to release terrorists and arc-terrorist. But until this minute, Hamas has yet to respond to our offer," he said. (Roni Sofer)
