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Prisoner, guerillas\' bodies swapped for that of drowned Israeli
Israel, Hezbollah conduct first swap since 2006 war; report: Israel received info on Ron Arad

Israel and Hezbollah carried out their first swap since the Second Lebanon War on Monday, a move Israel said was part of a larger negotiation process on the release of two of its soldiers abducted by the guerilla group in July 2006.

The deal saw the release by Israel of a Hezbollah guerilla suffering a mental illness and the bodies of two others, in exchange for the body of an Israeli civilian.

Sources in the Prime Minister\'s Bureau said the swap also included information from Hezbollah regarding a separate issue, and that the information would be examined in the coming days.

The Lebanese media reported that the information pertained to the fate of captured Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad, who went missing when his fighter jet went down over Lebanon in 1986.

In a statement on its television station Al-Manar, Hezbollah confirmed that it had transferred information \"related to issues of mutual interest, with the intention of achieving progress on them.\"

\"Hezbollah hopes that this goodwill will produce long-awaited progress toward resolving the cases of all prisoners,\" the statement said.

A statement released by the Prime Minister\'s Office said the swap was \"an additional step in the framework of the negotiations to return abducted soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser.\"

\"Israel expects that this evening\'s significant step will serve to hasten the processes that have been underway for over a year,\" the statement said.

The Israeli whose body was returned was named as Gabriel Dwait, a 27-year-old immigrant from Ethiopia, who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on January 20, 2005.

Several months ago, Hezbollah began hinting that it held Dwait\'s body. Israeli authorities at the time were unaware of the remains of another Israeli in Lebanon. The Abu Kabir Forensics Institute identified Dwait\'s body at the border at Rosh Hanikra.

The Lebanese prisoner was identified as 50-year-old Hassan Naim Aqil, a former Hezbollah guerilla who did not fight in the Second Lebanon War. Israel decided to release Aqil, one of Hezbollah men it holds, due to his age and poor health. The bodies of the militants were identified as Ali Wizwaz and Mohammed Damasqiah.

According to a Lebanese security source, the Hezbollah militants were killed in the Second Lebanon War.

\"As a goodwill gesture, there will be a swap of a prisoner and the bodies of two Hezbollah fighters for the remains of an Israeli who was not a soldier,\" the source said.

Israeli security sources also called the exchange a confidence-building measure, aimed at improving the atmosphere ahead or a future prisoner exchange with Lebanon.

Israel and Hezbollah have in recent months been conducting negotiations aimed at securing the release of captured Israel Defense Forces reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser, whose abduction on July 12, 2006 sparked the Second Lebanon War.

The negotiations are being conducted through United Nations-appointed German mediator Ernst Uhrlau. The major sticking point currently in the talks is Hezbollah\'s demand that Israel first release a large number of prisoners in exchange for information on the two trips, while Israel is insisting that the exchange be carried out in a single stage.

Shlomo Goldwasser, the father of Ehud Goldwasser, told Haaretz that he was aware of the developments, stressing that they \"are not directly connected to our son and the abducted soldier Eldad Regev.\"

A large Hezbollah convoy, with an ambulance carrying the remains of the Israeli, arrived at Naqoura town on the Lebanese side of the border with Israel at around 5 P.M. to complete the swap, sources and witnesses said.

The exchange was not covered live by local media, as the military censor had imposed a day-long blackout.

\"I\'m very proud of my son who gave up his life for his nation,\" Hussein Wizwaz, father of one of the two militants, told Reuters as he and relatives of other Lebanese prisoners waited at the border.

An official of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Beirut said the organization acted as an intermediary in the exchange.

Lebanese security officials with knowledge of the exchange said the Lebanese prisoner was later handed over and the swap completed about three hours after it began. They requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported Friday that a prisoner exchange between the sides could be carried out in the near future, given the release of an Iranian prisoner held in Germany last week.

Last week, Germany announced its intention to free Kazem Darabi, an Iranian who was to be released in exchange for information on Arad under the terms of a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hezbollah in 2004.

Several IDF soldiers have been missing in Lebanon since the 1980s and are presumed dead. But there had been no previous report that an Israeli civilian was missing.

Quelle: Haaretz




PM: Must Arab neighborhoods be defined as part of Jerusalem?
By Shahar Ilan, Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents, and Haaretz Service

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday questioned whether Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem should be defined as part of the capital, hinting that Israel may be willing to divide the hotly disputed city.

\"Was it necessary to also add the Shuafat refugee camp, Sawakra, Walaje and other villages and define them as part of Jerusalem?\" Olmert asked, during a Knesset ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of former minister Rehavam Ze\'evi\'s assassination. \"With that, I must confess
it is possible to ask legitimate questions.\"

In a joint news conference with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday that U.S. President George W. Bush has decided to make ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict one of the highest priorities of his administration.

Rice met Abbas to try to bridge his differences with Israel over the scope of a U.S.-led Mideast peace conference scheduled for next month in Annapolis, Maryland.

\"We frankly have better things to do than invite people to Annapolis for a photo op,\" she said.

\"Israelis and Palestinians,\" Rice observed, \"are making their most serious effort in years to resolve the conflict.\"

\"Frankly, it\'s time for the establishment of a Palestinian state, she added.

Lieberman: Summit at this time would be mistake
Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman told Rice on Monday that going ahead with a Middle East summit set to take place next month would be a mistake at present.

\"Another conference and another document without any direct impact on the daily lives of Israelis and Palestinians would be pointless,\" Lieberman said.

He added that \"the most important thing is the security of the residents of Sderot and the Gaza envelope,\" a reference to the Negev town and other communities close to the Gaza Strip that have repeatedly come under rocket fire from Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Lieberman said that the Palestinian economy must receive attention and only can there be serious negotiations. He repeated his previous call for a territorial and population exchange, that would involve

Ultimately, we would not run from a broad military operation in the Gaza Strip, similar to Operation Defensive Shield,\" said Lieberman, referring to 2002 military operation in the West Bank, which followed a spate of devastating suicide bombings against Israeli civilian targets.

\"Given the current political conditions, the government cannot afford to make controversial decisions on matters of such a sensitive nature.\"

Following Rice\'s meeting with senior ministers in the Israeli government, State Department officials said that the Annapolis peace summit scheduled for next month would likely be postponed.

American officials say the preparations for the summit are likely to demand more time and push back the scheduled date. Due to the extreme complexity of the issues, reaching an understanding between the two sides prior to the summit will require the U.S. to exert significant diplomatic efforts, State Department officials say.

Abbas said during the press conference that he hopes the U.S.-hosted conference will launch peace talks with a deadline for completion.

Abbas also said he has asked for U.S. help in halting Israeli settlement expansion and construction of the separation fence.

The PA chair expressed confidence that Israelis and Palestinians could reach a joint declaration of principles ahead of the conference. \"No doubt that before we go to Washington. the document will be ready, he said. The negotiations should not be open-ended, but subject to a certain time period.\"

Sources in the Prime Minister\'s Office said Sunday that Rice has no intention of imposing on Israel \"anything that will not be acceptable to it,\" during the negotiations with the Palestinians in preparation for the summit.

Rice met Sunday with Olmert. Several hours earlier, Olmert announced Sunday that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will head the Israeli negotiating team in talk with the Palestinians. The two sides are scheduled to hold another series of talks Monday.


Quelle: Haaretz


Na dann drücken wir alle mal Condie, Dumbya und Herrn Uhrlau die Daumen. Sieht doch endlich mal gut aus. Vielleicht kriegt George doch noch was auf die Reihe. Good Luck.

Super Ernst wird das schon machen.

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In a joint news conference with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza said Monday that U.S. President George W. Bush has decided to make ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict one of the highest priorities of his administration.

We frankly have better things to do than invite people to Annapolis for a photo op,\" she said.

Israelis and Palestinians, Rice observed, are making their most serious effort in years to resolve the conflict.

Frankly, it\'s time for the establishment of a Palestinian state, she added.


So hat man das von den USA in 50 Jahren nie gehört, der Chef des BND mischt auch mit. Ein Iraner aus Deutschland wird entlassen. Israel will Teile von Jerusalem abgeben? Frieden mit der Hiszbollah?

Ganz grosses Theater.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 32.014.202 von derbewunderer am 16.10.07 01:28:08

Barak ist den Staaten, ein syrischer Reaktor wurde zerbomt, der deutsche Geheimdienstchef von der UN zum Sonderbeauftragten ernannt. Das neigt sich dem Ende zu. Vielleicht war es gut mit dem Hamas Sieg in Gaza. Da ist der Fatah der Spatz in der Hand lieber, als die Taube auf dem Dach. Wahrscheinlich geht der Golan an Syrien und die Sheba Farmen an Libanon. Und dieser dämliche Krieg wäre nach 50 Jahren vorüber.