When You've Got a Tough Negotiation Coming Up . . .
think about the challenges presented by this one Text from Robert Berger's Voice of America report Egypt Steps up Mediation for Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Swap The leader of the Palestinians' ruling Islamic militant group, Hamas, is meeting Egyptian mediators in Cairo to discuss a possible prisoner swap with Israel. The leader, Khaled Mashaal, is pushing for the release of 1,400 Palestinian prisoners, in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Hamas gunmen kidnapped the 19-year-old corporal at an army base on the Gaza border five months ago. Mashaal blames Israel for the failure to achieve a breakthrough during months of behind-the-scenes negotiations....
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