Shin Bet chief: 90% of Shalit deal was agreed upon 3 years ago
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Shin Bet Chief Yoram Cohen said Wednesday that "90% of the Shalit deal was decided upon three years ago. We didn't start from scratch in July. The list of names was agreed a long time ago and the negotiations were in fact focused on who goes where and who gets deported."
He added: "In the initial discussions we already understood that they were willing to compromise. They dropped their demand to release 1,400 prisoners and let Israel choose the 25 "heavy" murderers from a list of 75. Neither Israel nor Hamas surrendered." (Yoav Zitun)
