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Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt as a suspected spy was freed under a prisoner-swap deal.
What's News— 2011
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The prisoner-swap deal, however, allowed Egypt's military regime to prove its diplomatic clout in an arena that often stymied Mr. Mubarak, who made the Mideast peace process a priority in his nearly 30-year rule.
Prisoner Swap Suggests Mideast Shift Matt Bradley 2011
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's envoy to the prisoner-swap talks offered Israeli approval to rebuild Gaza infrastructure that was demolished in a three-week war in January 2009, said Gershon Baskin, who passed messages to Hamas as a back channel in the talks.
Prisoner Swap Resets Mideast Equation Joshua Mitnick 2011
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The statement was overshadowed on Tuesday by the surprise unveiling hours later of a prisoner-swap deal with Hamas, the militant Palestinian faction that controls the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Move to Protect Settlements Irks U.S. Joshua Mitnick 2011
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A prisoner-swap deal would avoid the publicity of a trial.
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Igor Sutyagin, pictured at Moscow City Court in 2004, has agreed to be part of a prisoner-swap deal.
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In an interview with the Daily Telegraph newspaper, he acknowledged that oil interests played some role in his decision to include Mr. al-Megrahi in the prisoner-swap agreement.
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On Saturday, U.K. Justice Secretary Jack Straw acknowledged that, in 2007, wider trade issues played a part in leaving Abdel Baset al-Megrahi out of the prisoner-swap agreement that was being negotiated at the time between the U.K. and Libya.
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Questionable as any prisoner-swap with terrorists may be, at the very least, a live, healthy prisoner, safely returned home to Israel, should be the absolute prerequisite.
Heather Robinson: Israeli Prisoner Exchange With Hamas: A Necessary Deal With The Devil? 2009
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The report in question claimed that Al Jazeera had apologized to Israel for a weekly report which focused on Sameer Al Quntar, a Lebanese fighter who was release recently in a prisoner-swap deal after more than 30 years in Israeli prison. thanks Olivia
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 As'ad 2008
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