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Egypt rejects prisoner swap { November 27 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/365885.html http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/365885.html Thu., November 27, 2003 Kislev 2, 5764 Last Update: 27/11/2003 16:35 Report: Egypt rejects U.S. bid to move prisoner swap forward By Haaretz Service The London-based al-Quds al-Arabi daily reported Thursday that Egypt turned down a United States request to free Israeli prisoner Azzam Azzam in exchange for Israel's release of Lebanese militant Samir Kuntar, Israel Radio reported. The reported American intervention was a bid to move forward the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hezbollah, and came at Israel's request, according to the newspaper. Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has said that all Lebanese prisoners, including Kuntar, must be released for the deal to go through. Israel has refused to release Kuntar, who murdered three members of an Israeli family and a policeman in Nahariya in 1979. Nasrallah has said that a Hezbollah representative is conducting an additional round of talks with the German mediator concerning a possible prisoner swap with Israel. The most recent round of talks is aimed at overcoming disagreements between the two sides, and is being conducted in secret. "The two sides have both agreed not to reveal the details of the negotiations at this sensitive stage in order to ensure a mood more conducive to allowing positive final results," Nasrallah said in a statement. The Lebanese newspaper Al Mustaqbal was quoted as saying that Nasrallah has rejected Israel's terms for a prisoner exchange deal over the Sharon government's refusal to agree to Kuntar’s release. But sources close to the negotiations were quoted as saying that the rejection did not spell the collapse or failure of the proposed deal. The cabinet has approved the prisoner exchange, which would free about 400 Arabs jailed in Israel in return for kidnapped Israeli businessman Elhanan Tennenbaum and the remains of three Israelis soldiers held by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The cabinet approved the deal on the condition that Lebanese prisoners who carried out terror attacks against Israel, such as Kuntar, would not be released. Hezbollah officials have been quoted as maintaining that the organization has a letter from Israel, apparently received during negotiations with previous Israeli governments, which certifies that Kuntar would be part of a future prisoner release.

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