[ppi] [ppiindia] Nasrallah: Wouldn't have snatched soldiers if thought would spark war

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      Nasrallah: Wouldn't have snatched soldiers if thought would spark war 
     
      By Haaretz Service and Agencies

     
     
      Hezbollah would not have abducted two Israel Defense Forces soldiers on 
July 12 had it known that the action would lead to war in Lebanon, Hezbollah 
chief Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday.

      "We did not think, even one percent, that the capture would lead to a war 
at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11... 
that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, 
absolutely not," he said in an interview with Lebanon's New TV station. 

      Nasrallah also said he did not believe there would be a second round of 
fighting with Israel, and that Hezbollah would adhere to the cease-fire despite 
what he called Israeli provocation. 


     
     
            
           
      Nasrallah said that Israel was trying to press new demands such as the 
deployment of United Nations forces at Beirut airport, at Lebanese ports and on 
Lebanon's border with Syria.

      But he added: "Their displaced people are going back and they have 
started to rebuild the north. Someone who acts like that doesn't seem to be 
going to war. We are not heading to a second round."

      The Hezbollah leader also said that negotiations on the release of the 
abducted IDF soldiers have already begun. 

      "Contacts recently began for negotiations," Hezbollah said. "It seems 
that Italy is trying to get into the subject. The United Nations is interested 
and the negotiations would be through [Parliamentary Speaker Nabih] Berri."

      Benny Regev, brother of abducted soldier Eldad Regev, said in response to 
Nasrallah's announcement "I don't believe that there are any negotiations being 
conducted right now. I believe that Nasrallah's announcements are a call upon 
Israel's government to begin talks with Hezbollah through mediators, be it the 
Italians or anyone else, and I think that Israel's government must comply, 
because there are three abducted soldiers that must be returned home, only then 
can we begin to talk of ending the war." 

      The family of Ehud Goldwasser, another abducted soldier, closely followed 
Nasrallah's interview on the Lebanese television station, but asked not to 
respond at this time. 

      Hezbollah has been holding the two soldiers since July 12 and demands the 
release of some of the thousands of Arabs in Israeli prisons in exchange for 
the kidnapped soldiers.

      The operation led to a month of war between Israel and Hezbollah, which 
took over large parts of south Lebanon. More than 1,300 people were killed, 
mostly Lebanese civilians.

      Germany negotiated an exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hezbollah 
in 2004, which included the remains of three Israeli soldiers captured on the 
border. Germany has said it was willing to play a similar role in the case of 
the recent prionsers.

      Earlier this month, Haaretz reported that Israel was willing to discuss a 
possible exchange.

      The UN Security Council resolution which led to a truce on August 14 
suggests in its preamble that the two sides are to find a solution to their 
disputes over prisoners.

      Jackson: Syria backs efforts to free abducted IDF soldiers
      Syria backs efforts to free abducted IDF soldiers and Arab prisoners held 
by Israel, U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said after meeting President 
Bashar Assad on Sunday.

      "President Assad supports the finding of their status and release. He 
uses influence and appeal to find out what their status is and ultimately their 
release," Jackson told a news conference held at the foreign ministry.

      Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad said: "We look kindly 
toward Reverend Jackson's mission and encourage it. He is someone who is 
concerned about the human dimension of crisis."

      Jackson is heading a group of Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders on a 
humanitarian mission to the Middle East aimed at shoring up a cease-fire in 
Lebanon. He will visit Lebanon and Israel next.

      Jackson used his clout as a non-establishment politician to negotiate the 
release of several U.S. prisoners abroad in the 1980s and 1990s.

      He secured the freedom of an American Navy pilot held by Syria in 1983 
after meeting with the late Syrian President Hafez Assad, father of the current 
president, in Damascus.

      Jackson said Syria could play a substantial role in solving the present 
prisoners impasse.

      Israel, Hezbollah to hold prisoner exchange in 3 weeks
      The Egyptian state-run daily Al-Ahram says that Israel and Hezbollah have 
agreed to terms on a prisoner exchange for the release of two abducted IDF 
soldiers, Israel Radio reported Sunday.

      Reservist soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped on July 
12 in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerillas, sparking a 34-day conflict.

      According to the report, senior Egyptian officials have told the paper 
that the exchange will be mediated by Germany and is to take place in two to 
three weeks' time. 

      The sources said that the parties are currently negotiating the framework 
of the deal. 

      The main points of contention, the sources said, are the order of release 
of prisoners and the number and identities of the Lebanese prisoners to be 
freed by Israel. 

      The sources told Al-Ahram that it has not yet been agreed whether 
Goldwasser and Regev would be released first, and a day or two later Israel 
would release Lebanese prisoners according to a list provided by Hezbollah, or 
whether the exchange is to take place simultaneously.

      The report does not mention any of the names of Lebanese prisoners 
considered for release. 

      Al-Ahram also reports that once the prisoners exchange with Hezbollah is 
completed, the Lebanese militant group would signal to the Palestinians that 
they can agree a deal for the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, abducted by 
Palestinian militants on the Gaza border in late June.

      Beilin: Abbas 'not optimistic' on Shalit release
      Following his meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, 
Meretz chairman Yossi Beilin said Sunday that Abbas is not "very optimistic" on 
the prospects of securing a deal soon for the release of Shalit. 

      Speaking to Israel Radio, Beilin said that Abbas has been involved in two 
attempts to release Shalit from his abductors, but both have failed. 

      Abbas "has told me he is currently involved in a third attempt to bring 
about [Shalit's] release, and that he hopes this attempt succeeds," Beilin 
said. 

      When asked on Abbas' opinion on the chances that Shalit would be released 
soon, Beilin said, "I must admit he didn't sound very optimistic
     


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