Exchange of captives by Hezbollah and Israel

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1. The remarkable event was Hizbullah’s surprise concerning the exchange of captives and releasing the captive Naseem Nisr in return for the remains of the Israeli soldiers, who were killed in the war of 2006. The press said the return of Nasr indicates that there is a comprehensive deal for exchanging captives between Hizbullah and Israel.

2. Communications in the corridors accelerate to form the new government amid the desire of president Suleiman to accelerate the process and announce the new government before the expected visit of the French president Sarkozy to Beirut on Friday. The following indicators appeared in this respect:

a) The Lebanese army announced that the criminal, who exploded the army center in the north, is from the Gulf states and was killed in the outskirts of Ain al-Hilweh camp. The security sources said he might be a member in a security network that works in Lebanon.

b) The president will name the interior minister and the defense minister and he may name the minister of justice to solve the dispute on this position. The press said there are negotiations on the shares of the blocs and the names of their candidates for the ministerial positions, and it turned out that there are some existent complexes, because the loyalists did not answer Hizbullah’s demand to replace two ministers of his share with a Sunni and a Druze minister from the opposition. The press said representative Saad al-Hariri refused this idea in principle while Jumblatt did not decide yet accepting the participation of Talal Arsalan in return for Hizbullha’ giving up of one of his ministers. The gravitations focus on the sizes and positions among the loyal teams concerning the Christian seats due to the spiritual challenge which resulted from general Aoun’s naming of five ministers, including four portfolios according to the press. More