Thursday, August 13, 2009

Netanyahu keeping Shalit talks secret,urging Ministers to stay silent

(Haaretz).Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently told his ministers to refrain from making any comment on the status of Gilad Shalit so as not to compromise recent Egyptian-brokered talks on the abducted soldier's release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip.

Reports about the talks are being heavily censored by the Prime Minister's Bureau and the army censor.Most ministers are not privy to information about the talks on Shalit's release.

The ones who are belong to the six-minister forum, comprising of Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and ministers Benny Begin, Moshe Ya'alon and Dan Meridor.