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Netanyahu: We’ll have public and Knesset debates on Shalit swap

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday to hold discussions in the Knesset and with the public on the terms of a deal for the release of Gilad Shalit, amid reports that Hamas was to free the abducted Israeli soldier within days.
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November 23, 2009

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Monday to hold discussions in the Knesset and with the public on the terms of a deal for the release of Gilad Shalit, amid reports that Hamas was to free the abducted Israeli soldier within days.

“There will be a public discussion and there will be a discussion in the Knesset on the matter, which requires the government’s approval,” Netanyahu told Likud lawmakers on Monday. “There is still no discussion in the [Likud] faction or in the government because there is still no deal and, as such, there is still no decision.”

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