[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon - There is unlikely to be any additional progress in the diplomatic process until Cpl. Gilad Shalit is released, a senior Israeli diplomatic source said Tuesday. "Until the Shalit issue is solved, it will now be difficult to move forward with any confidence-building steps with the Palestinians beyond the decision Sunday to move the IDF out of Gaza," the official said. The Palestinian failure to release Shalit is holding up a large release of Palestinian security prisoners and the final go-ahead for the deployment in Gaza of the Jordan-based PLO Badr Brigade.
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