Ma'an News 12 / 02 / 2007 Time: 16:17
Gaza - - Palestinian Legislative Council member, Mohammad Shehab, is confident that Israel will release more than 1000 Palestinian prisoners, in a prisoners swap for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Speaking to Ma'an, Shehab said that Shalit's captors have received a proposal from Egypt, whom Israel choose to negotiate through, offering the release of 1,429 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier. Shehab said "this came only after the Egyptians made persistent contact and consultation with Israel, who finally made an offer of this number."
Shehab also said "we will stand still until Israelis bow to our demands, Palestinian people have sacrificed hundreds of martyrs since the capture of Shalit, homes were destroyed, people were arrested, we can't release him for nothing."
Shehab viewed the prisoners' exchange deal as intrinsic to the Mecca deal, he said "the Mecca agreement was built on the prisoners' document; this document was behind the agreement. This issue is not only the demand of the prisoners', but the demand of the people."
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