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July 5, 2006
Steven Simon, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Steven Simon, a leading Middle East expert, says the crisis over the abduction of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants may drag on for some time because of the "two new and essentially weak governments." He says Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will not negotiate a prisoner exchange and the Hamas leadership is fractured and unlikely to turn over the prisoner unconditionally.
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