Olmert's Cabinet Meets Over Hezbollah Prisoner Deal

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem offices on June 29, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. Today protestors were calling on the Israeli cabinet to approve a German-mediated deal to swap Regev and Goldwasser, who were captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid in July 2006, for five Lebanese being held in Israeli jails as well as the bodies of dead Hezbollah militia from the military campaign that Israel launched in a failed attempt to get the two reservists back.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem offices on June 29, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. Today protestors were calling on the Israeli cabinet to approve a German-mediated deal to swap Regev and Goldwasser, who were captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid in July 2006, for five Lebanese being held in Israeli jails as well as the bodies of dead Hezbollah militia from the military campaign that Israel launched in a failed attempt to get the two reservists back.
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Karnit Goldwasser, wife of captured Israeli soldier Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser, who along with Eldan Regev is being held by Hezbollah in Lebanon, expresses her hope that her husband will soon be released during a demonstration outside Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office on June 29, 2008 in Jerusalem, Israel. The protestors were calling on the Israeli cabinet to approve a German-mediated deal to swap Regev and Goldwasser, who were captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid in July 2006, for five Lebanese being held in Israeli jails as well as the bodies of dead Hezbollah militia from the military campaign that Israel launched in a failed attempt to get the two reservists back. A Palestinian girl holds a portrait of her father as a man and his son hold pictures of Lebanese prisoner in Israeli jail, Samir Kantar, during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners from jails in Israel, in the courtyard of the International Red Cross offices June 30, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. The Israeli cabinet yesterday approved a German-mediated deal to swap two captured Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah in a cross-Israeli-Lebanon border raid in July 2006, for 5 Lebanese being held in Israeli jails as well as the bodies of dead Hezbollah militia from the military campaign that Israel launched in a failed attempt to get the two reservists back. Israelis hold posters of the two Israeli soldiers, Eldad Regev (C) and Ehud Goldwasser (R), held by Hezbollah in Lebanon and Gilad Schalit held by Hamas in Gaza during a demonstration outside Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office June 29, 2008 in Jerusalem. The protestors were calling on the Israeli cabinet to approve a German-mediated deal to swap Regev and Goldwasser, who were captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid in July 2006, for 5 Lebanese being held in Israeli jails as well as the bodies of dead Hezbollah militia from the military campaign that Israel launched in a failed attempt to get the two reservists back. Palestinians hold photos of their relatives during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian and Arab prisoners from jails in Israel, in the courtyard of the International Red Cross offices June 30, 2008 in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. The Israeli cabinet yesterday approved a German-mediated deal to swap two captured Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah in a cross-Israeli-Lebanon border raid in July 2006, for 5 Lebanese being held in Israeli jails as well as the bodies of dead Hezbollah militia from the military campaign that Israel launched in a failed attempt to get the two reservists back.
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