The Secret Talks That Won Gilad Shalit’s Freedom -- Patrick Martin, Globe And Mail
Three days after his brazen abduction by a small group of Palestinian commandos, Private Gilad Shalit became the subject of secret talks between Hamas and an Israeli activist.
It would take five frustrating years, countless rejections, one war and several false starts, but that secret channel of communications made it possible for Israel and Hamas to agree on a deal for Tuesday’s exchange of Palestinian prisoners for the release of now-Sergeant Shalit.
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