Mr Bagel

According to the London-based al-Hayat newspaper, PA National Security Advisor Jibril Rajoub blamed Hamas for preliminary contacts surrounding a prisoners' exchange involving kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

During a visit to Cairo, Rajoub said that Hamas' insistence on the release of specific prisoners and Israel's refusal to comply is the cause for the derailment of the process thus far. (Roee Nahmias)

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BB: An interesting position to take for an organisation that supposedly had nothing to do with Shalit's Kidnapping or the attack on Kerem Shalom. Why all of a sudden is it vital that Hamas has input into which prisoners are released when they so openly and readily denied any responsibility for Shalit's kidnapping? Is it because the whole affair was just another case of a 'new' terrorist group called "We change our name on a weekly basis" to avoid having Hamas or the Palestinian Authority taking responsibility.

The recent press on the trelease of 'Prisoners with no blood on their hands' is bound to make this situation even more complex.

References:

Ynet.com: Hamas torpedoes Shalit negotiations
MFA: Kerem Shalom

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