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In today`s headlines:
Hamas claims deal on Gilad Shalit near
Gilad`s father Noam is not optimistic
Former Israeli POW`s say don`t be fooled by Gilad`s smile
Israel`s Islamic Movement salutes Hamas
Is Ahmadinejad really Jewish?
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ONE day after THE FAMILY OF captIVE IDF soldier Gilad Shalit received a videotape FROM HAMAS offering proof that the young corporal is alive, THE PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATION ISSUED STATEMENTS SATURDAY ASSERTING THAT a deal for his release WAS just a matter of weeks or months.
According to reports, IN EXCHANGE FOR SHALIT`S FREEDOM, HAMAS HAS DEMANDED THE release of Ahmed Sa`adat, WHO IS JAILED IN ISRAEL for the murder of Israeli minister Rehavam Ze`evi, and Marwan Barghouti, a Fatah leader, WHO IS IN PRISON for the murder of several Israelis.
On FRIDAY, Hamas political chief Khaled Mashal threatened that Hamas would kidnap more Israeli soldiers.
Gilad`s father Noam said SATURDAY THAT the SHALIT family REMAINS CONCERNED OVER GILAD`S WELFARE, DESPITE THE VIDEO OBTAINED FROM HAMAS ON FRIDAY IN WHICH THE CAPTIVE SOLDIER APPEARS HEALTHY.
NOAM STRESSED THAT THE videotape WAS a positive step, but that HE WAS WORRIED THAT TALKS AIMED AT SECURING HIS SON`S RELEASE WOULD take several more years.
French President Nikolas Sarkozy called the shalits to show his support and express his wishes that Gilad BE RETURNED home as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the IDF struck weapons smuggling tunnels and a weapns factory by Gaza City in the Gaza Strip.
Tens of thousands of supporters of the Israeli Islamic movement ATTENDED a mass rally in the northern Israeli-ARAB town of um el fahm ON SATURDAY.
They sent OUT blessings to the female Palestinian prisoners WHO WERE released ON FRIDAY in exchange for A VIDEO OF CAPTIVE IDF SOLDIER GILAD SHALIT. Sheikh raad ssalach, THE leader of the movement, said his followers would be happy to die to protect the al aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem.
Several former Israeli prisoners of war watched THE FOOTAGE OF CAPTIVE SOLDIER GILAD SHALIT WHICH ISRAEL OBTAINED FROM HAMAS ON FRIDAY. They said THAT from their experience, they believeD the entire videotape was staged, that shalit was forced to say what his hamas captors wanted him to say, and that no one should be fooled by the smile on shalit`s face.
THEY said they rememberED being able to leave their solitary confinement for moments to release a taped message to their families, and the horrors of having to return to THEIR CELL without knowing when their release would come.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad`s scathing attacks against Israel and his repeated denials of the Nazi Holocaust could be motivated by a desire to conceal his own Jewish roots, an Iran expert told The Daily Telegraph on Saturday. The British newspaper examined the Iranian leader`s identity card which he displayed in public during his country`s elections in March 2008. The ID card bears his family`s original surname, Sabourjian, which is a Jewish name that means cloth weaver, according to The Daily Telegraph. According to the claim, ahmedinajad`s family converted to Islam from Judaism follwing his birth. Some Israeli Iranian experts doubt the claim, saying that his family comes from a small village where there are no records of Jews, and that Iranian Jews were largely urban dwellers.
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In today`s headlines:
Egypt issues ultimatum to Israel on appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as Israel`s next Foreign Minister
Gilad Schalit in Hamas captivity 1000 days; demonstration in Jerusalem for his release
Police prevent events planned by Palestinian Authority in East Jerusalem
Israeli pop star Michal Amdursky
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Egypt has issued an ultimatum to Israel: Avigdor Lieberman, the choice of Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu to be the next Foreign Minister, must apologize for a speech made to the Knesset in which he said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could come to Israel or "go to hell." Cairo, which considers Lieberman`s statements an affront to Mubarak`s honor, has threatened a diplomatic crisis should the apology not be forthcoming. Discussions on the wording of an apology are reportedly already taking place between the two countries.
IDF soldier Gilad Schalit has been in Hamas captivity for 1000 days. Thousands demonstrated tonight for Gilad`s release in the protest tent set up in early March across from the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. Speakers at the event included Gilad`s father Noam, who expressed gratitude at the widespread support the family has received from the nation, and said the family`s life had become nightmare and uncertainty. Noam said Prime Minister Olmert could still bring Gilad home, and promised his son that they would not rest until he returned. The Olmert government had hoped to secure Shalit’s release before it is replaced by a right-wing government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, but negotiations broke down Tuesday over disagreements on the list of prisoners Hamas is demanding in return for Schalit.
In East Jerusalem, police prevented Palestinian-Authority sponsored events from taking place. The purpose of the events was to declare Jerusalem "the capital of Arab culture." Police, acting under the orders of Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, arrested at least twenty organizers of the events. In Bethlehem, which is under Palestinian control, an event took place as planned. Under existing interim agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, PA-sponsored events are prohibited in Israel.
A 21-year-old Israeli man was killed in a sand-boarding accident in Ika, Peru today. The Foreign Ministry said the family had been notified, and that the Israeli consul in Peru would travel to Ika to arrange for the man’s body to be returned to Israel.
And finally: Singer/songwriter Michal Amdursky has come out with a solo album, as well as a concert tour to promote it. The 34-year-old multi-talented Amdursky, also a dancer and actress, recently divorced from her musician husband, Assaf Amdursky, after 12 years of marriage. The divorce is the subject of some of the songs in the album, in which she sings of finally emerging from her ex-husband`s shadow.
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IN TODAY`S HEADLINES
ISRAEL TOUGHENS CONDITIONS OF HAMAS PRISONERS
NETANYAHU CALLS ON LABOR TO JOIN UNITY GOVERNMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES 6.8 PERCENT IN JANUARY
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ISRAEL TOUGHENED THE CONDITIONS OF HAMAS PRISONERS IN ISRAELI JAILS IN ORDER TO PUT ADDED PRESSURE ON THE ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION TO EXPEDITE THE RELEASE OF KIDNAPPED IDF SOLDIER GILAD SHALIT. THE RESTRICITONS INCLUDE NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION PRIVILEGES .TELEPHONE ACCESS ABD VISITAION RIGHTS. MEANWHILE SENIOR HAMAS PRISONER ABDALLAH BARAGUTI SAID IN A RARE INTERVIEW FROM AN ISRAELI PRISON THAT HE WOULD CONSIDER SENDING HIS CHILDREN ON SUICIDE ATTACKS. BARAGUTI IS SERVING 67 LIFE SENTENCES . HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL TERROR ATTACKS AND OF KILLING 66 ISRAELIS.
HAMAS OFFICIALS SAID THAT THEY WERE NO WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR DEMANDS IN A PRISONER SWAP DEAL THAT WOULD SEE THE RELEASE OF ABDUCTED SOLDIER GILAD SHALIT. THE GROUP`S MILITARY WING SAID IT MIGHT HARDEN DEMANDS IN FUTURE TALKS.
GILAD`S FATHER NOAM TOLD REPORTERS THAT THEY understOOd, unfortunately, that the window of opportunity WAS closed. On the 1000th day of Gilad`s captivity, this coming Saturday, THEY WOULD leave the protest tent and go home to Mitzpe Hila, disappointed, like many in Israel, and pained AWAITING FOR A MIRACLE.
PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU URGED THE LABOR PARTY TO JOIN A UNITY GOVERNMENT YET AGAIN. LIKUD AND LABOR OFFICIALS SAID THAT NETANYAHU AND BARAK WERE IN THE MIDST OF SECRET COALITION NEGOTIATIONS . LABOR CHAIRMAN EHUD BARAK SAID HE WAS INTERESTED IN BRINGING THE PROSPECT OF HIS PARTY JOINING THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT TO A VOTE. ACCORDING TO LABOR SOURCES NETANYAHU IOFFERED BARAK FIVE PROTFOLIOS INCLUSDING THE DEFENSE MINISTRY TWO DEPUTY MINISTER POSITIONS AND CHAIRMANSHIP OF A COMMITTEE. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT HISTADRUT LABOR FEDERATUION HEAD OFER EINI WOULD OUTLINE TO NETANYAHU THE PARTY`S SOCIOECONOMIC DEMANDS.
AS THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO SLIP FURTHER INTO A RECESSION ISRAELIS ARE REAPING THE CONSEQUENCES WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RISING FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH TO 6.8 PERCENT IN JANUARY 2009 THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS REVEALED. THE NEWS FOLLOWED A SIMILARLY PESSIMISTIC STATISTC RELEASED BY THE NATUIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WHICH SHOWED THAT DEMAND FOR WORKERS DROPPED 8 PERCENT DURING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE YEAR COMPARED WITH AVERAGE FIGURES FOR 2008.
AND FINALLY SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THAT DURING THE COURSE OF INDIRETC TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT INFORMED TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN THAT HIS COUNTRY WOULD INDEED HAVE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GOLAN HEIGHTS AND THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
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