U.S. could free Israeli spy in deal to save peace talks: source close to talks


JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli spy serving a life sentence in the United States and groups of Palestinian prisoners could be freed under an emerging deal to salvage Middle East peace talks, sources close to the negotiations said on Monday.

The sources, who spoke as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders, said under the proposed arrangement that Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy analyst caught spying for Israel in the 1980s, could be released by mid-April.

In addition, Israel would go ahead with a promised release of a fourth group of Palestinians, among the 104 it pledged to free in a deal that led to the renewal of peace talks last July. Another group of jailed Palestinians would also go free - and the peace talks would be extended beyond an April 29 deadline, the sources said.

(Reporting by Jeffrey Heller, Editing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan)

http://news.yahoo.com/u-could-free-israeli-spy-deal-save-peace-164934422.html 

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To salvage peace talks?

Haven't peace talks been on going since 1967?

Could this be more about buying some Jewish votes for the next election?

Land for all!

+1

40 acres?

...and a Rabbi...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_ (politics)

Or am I just not getting it? [gonzo]

Thanks

I thought it was supposed to be trigonometry.

I never got past algebra

You could make up for that with world travel.

I do go to the Caribbean every year. Do I have to go to Europe as well?

Yes. Europe and Asia

The Caribbean destinations are just manufactured locations for overweight Americans that pretend to show you a local culture that has actually long since been destroyed.

All that just to get better at math?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation_ (politics)

Or am I just not getting it? [gonzo]

Thanks