Hamas: Olmert is gambling with Gilad Shalit's life

Updated: 7 April 2008

By Haaretz Service

Palestinian Parliament Member Mushir al Masri on Saturday blamed Israel and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for failing to reach a compromise that would free abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.

Al Masri, a parliament member on behalf of Hamas, told a Palestinian news agency "I want to turn to the Shalit family and say: 'Olmert and his associates are gambling with your son's life.'"

Al Masri further said that another Israeli insistence would make Hamas seal off the possibility for Shalit's release. "Shalit will never see the light of day, or his parents, if the Palestinian prisoners will not see theirs," he declared.

Al Masri claimed Hamas was beginning to question Egypt's ability to help solve the burning issues at stake, including Shalit, the Israeli-Palestinian situation, as well the sour relations between Hamas and Fatah within the Palestinian Authority.

Last week, Hamas exiled leader Khaled Mehsal said that negotiations to free Shalit were at a standstill, due to Israel's refusal to release Palestinian prisoners. "Gilad is still alive and we treat him in a good way, while the Israelis treat our prisoners badly and everyone knows that," Meshal said.

Further Reading:

Hamas official: Israel refused offers for temporary cease-fire
Ministers: Hamas to be hit hard if Schalit killed

Note:

The above article, to clarify with respect is not true, but to the contrary, Gilad Shalit is to be released under the original situation and no one that I know of, would ever insult Jewish Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

In my opinion, a statement such as this while I do not know where it came from, is not the position of the Palestine legal government; actually, I was appalled to read such a thing as this.

As for Shailit, it is a heartfelt wish that he be reunited with his family, as well as everyone involved in the prisoner exchange.

To clarify further, the further reading link is second verse of the tune of the same story.

Hopefully the last and not being flippant, but we could write a song, we have so far three verses of this is not so.

Unless something directly comes from the Queen of Palestine or Palestine legal government Prime Minster Ismail Haniyeh on this issue, may the Jewish people not take it to heart, but instead treat these accusations like a grain of salt to be thrown of the shoulder.

From my understanding, as far as Gilad Shalit is actually doing, he is being well cared for at this time.