Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 19, 2011




Gilad Shalit Deal: An Inside Look At Israel-Hamas Backchannel Talks -- Joshua Mitnick, Christian Science Monitor

Gershon Baskin - Israel's key link to Hamas during negotiations for the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap - speaks on how and why both sides decided to make concessions to reach an agreement.

Hamas and Israel both paid homage to Egypt for mediating their landmark prisoner swap that freed 477 Palestinian prisoners in return for Gilad Shalit. But what neither acknowledged officially is that throughout the final stages of negotiations they were talking bilaterally through their own unofficial envoys.

Read more
....

[...]



Submit your suggestion / comments / complaints / Takedown request on lookyp.com@gmail.com

No comments:

Post a Comment