Palestinian pres. Abbas says Israel soldiers release could be 'imminent'

[TwilightZone]

MSNBC home page, no link yet.

Edit: updated with link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14060113/

The entire MSNBC item:

ROME - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that the release of an Israeli soldier abducted in Gaza could be "imminent."

"There are ongoing efforts that lead us to believe in an imminent solution," Abbas said, speaking through a translator, after a meeting in Rome with Italian Premier Romano Prodi.

[babylonsister]

1. If that transpires, I wonder if the destruction and the bloodshed will

stop. Is it too little, too late?

[Fredda Weinberg]

2. If would help if the shelling from Gaza would stop - and this has

nothing to do with Lebanon.

[Dhalgren]

4. Abbas must be talking about the soldier captured by Hammas,

not the soldiers captured by Hezbollah. So this release would probably not affect the murder of Lebanon...

[TwilightZone]

5. I was wondering the same thing...

Will it stop the violence, or has the conflict moved beyond its original scope?

I suspect the latter, unfortunately.

[mom cat]

7. Nothing would be enough to stop them now ... not till "their goals

are met". Just what are those goals?

[mike_c]

3. Israeli aggression will continue....

Israel has no desire for peace.

[Jim__]

6. Looks like some Palestinians are denying that report.

A Palestinian lawmaker and a spokesman for the Hamas military wing on Thursday denied a report that the release of a captured Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip could be imminent.

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[NaturalHigh]

8. I hope he is released soon.

Hopefully, Hezbollah will follow and release it's two hostages, but I'm not too optimistic about that.

[Moderator]

9. Lock

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