[Jerusalem Post] Khaled Abu Toameh and Yaakov Katz - Israel has offered to open the Gaza crossings and free 1,000 prisoners in exchange for captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, Ayman Taha, a member of the Hamas team currently holding talks in Cairo, was quoted as saying Monday. Taha spoke to the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram after meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman. Hamas legislator Mushir al-Masri said Hamas would not agree to a long-term or permanent truce and has proposed a one-year, temporary truce.
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