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Hamas Freezes Talks On Shalit

A Hamas source said that Hamas has informed Egypt of a freeze in talks on the issue of Gilead Shalit and the Palestinian prisoners until Israel responds to Hamas's demands.

In this context, Abu Ubayda, spokesman for the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, threatened that if Israel continued to drag out the negotiations for Shalit's release, his fate would be the same as that of Ron Arad.

Source: Al-Hayat, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 21, 2008

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