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Barak stops transfer of Palestinian bodies to PA at last minute
Haaretz ^ | 7/4/11 | Amos Harel and Chaim Levinson

Posted on 07/04/2011 8:39:41 PM PDT by Nachum

Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered to stop the transfer of the bodies of 84 Palestinian terrorists to the Palestinian Authority at the last minute on Monday, despite earlier confirmation from the IDF Spokesperson's Office that the transfer would go through.

Barak made his decision to hold off on the transfer after a Haaretz report revealed that two of the bodies to be returned to the PA were the Awadallah brothers, former leaders of the Hamas military wing, who were killed by Israeli soldiers near Hebron in September 1998. The defense minister explained his decision, saying it was important to weigh the repercussions of such a transfer on a future Shalit deal.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barak; palestinian; stops; transfer

1 posted on 07/04/2011 8:39:43 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

I love it when Lucy pulls the football out of the way at the last minute...gets me every time.


2 posted on 07/04/2011 8:50:04 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: Nachum

Hardball. Good. Keep playing it.


3 posted on 07/04/2011 8:53:55 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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4 posted on 07/04/2011 9:54:46 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Nachum

Had to get a Goy to add some pork products to each body bag.


5 posted on 07/05/2011 12:41:31 PM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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