Cabinet to vote on Hizbullah prisoner swap deal Sunday
The prisoner swap deal with Hizbullah to secure the release of captured IDF reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser will be brought for cabinet approval on Sunday, it was decided Tuesday after a meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Goldwasser's wife, Karnit. "I believe we can bring them home now," Karnit told Channel 10 following her meeting with the prime minister. "I really hope the ministers will do what they promised and secure Ehud's release." The meeting came a day after it was reported that OC Chaplaincy Corps Rabbi Avichai Ronsky was sifting through evidence to determine whether Karnit's husband and Eldad Regev should be declared killed in action. A declaration of death would force the government to rethink the format of the deal with Hizbullah, according to defense officials. One of the changes would likely be Israel's refusal to release Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar, according to the prevailing belief that he should only be traded if the two men are alive.(22,16)