Seems to be some movement going on regarding the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli prisoner of war Gilad Shalit. Twitter users will have noticed yesterday that Shilat was trending quite high as a result of a pro-Israel campaign highlighting his third year in captivity at the hands of 'Hamas terrorists'. No mention from these people about the thousands of innocent Palestinians being held illegally held in Israel's dungeons. If you want to provide a bit of balance to the tweets go here and reply to some of the posts demand the release of all Palestinian prisoners.
GAZA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) New international efforts are exerted to push forward the stalled prisoner exchange talks between Hamas and Israel, sources said on Wednesday.
The United States, Germany and Egypt took part in bridging the gaps between Islamic Hamas movement and Israel to swap a number of Palestinian prisoners for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier Hamas has been holding captive for more than three years, the sources told Xinhua.
According to the sources, the mediators drafted a compromise plan that Israel releases more prisoners and lift the blockade on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in exchange for Hamas' acceptance of expelling some of the prisoners outside the Palestinian territories.
Hamas and Israel have agreed in principle on the proposal, the sources said.
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