Hamas threatens Shalit amid talk delays

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GAZA, March 19 (UPI) -- Detained Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit's future could be threatened if prisoner release talks don't move forward, senior Hamas officials say.

Haaretz reported Thursday that Hamas officials said delays in the Israel-Palestinian talks could result in Shalit ending up like Ron Arad, a missing-in-action Israeli navigator who is presumed dead. Arad has been missing since 1986.

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Israel accused the Iranian government of paying $50 million to block a deal that would have freed the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas-linked militants who crossed from Gaza into Israel on June 25. Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman told the UN Security Council that "we heard news" earlier in the day on Thursday that Tehran bribed Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal "to sabotage the negotiations on the release of Cpl. Gilad Shalit and prevent his release." Iranian diplomat Mansour Sadeghi told the council his goverment "catergorically rejected" the allegations against his country made by Israel, dismissing Gillerman's allegations as "baseless and absurd."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/19/Hamas_threatens_Shalit_amid_talk_delays/UPI-37351237479905/

So Hamas continues to make death threats and extortionate demands while having no intention to agree to anything.