26 November 2009 - 23H09
- Gilad Shalit - Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Deal or no deal over prisoner exchange?
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Promising talks between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement over a prisoner exchange involving Franco-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have hit a snag. Some prisoners - including jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti - are valuable political pawns.

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Moustafa Barghouti, a member the Palestinian parliament and of the Palestinian National Initiative Party, and Annette Young, FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, are the guests of today's Focus.
 


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