syria has been the base for hamas and the syrian regime has been a major supporter for hamas. hamas has to look about itself and a new headquarters and might be thinking about egypt, which served as a mediator here. >> and you have just come back from egypt. how important was that role and does it show that the diplomacy is shifting regionally? >> egypt played an important role. the talks have been going on for more than two months now quietly between israeli and hamas diplomats. egypt has always played a role between israeli and palestinian authorities, even if it was hamas and even when ara fat was alive. and moving forward without consulting with the united states or other parties. >> there are thousands of other prisoners still in israeli jails. what hope is there for them? is this a one-up deal, do you think, or likely to be freed? >> it's in two phases. the first half of the prisoners are being released and some more in a couple of months. it's known who is going to be released. but israel has done this several times in the past. this is not the first of these prisoner s

it's clear hamas controls gaza, hamas controls the fate of gilad shalit. i wish we could have conducted these negotiations through the palestinian authority, but they don't control the gaza strip and we had no alternative but to do these negotiations. it wasn't done directly with hamas. it was first done through german intermediaries and over the last few months through the good offices of the egyptians. i'd like to take this opportunity to thank both and especially the egyptians who, over the last few weeks, their effort was instrumental in making this deal possible. >> thank you very much, israeli government spokesman. many thanks for explaining what's going on there. >>> we'll take a break and "world business today" will continue. we'll tell you about that major exchange going on at the rafa border crossing point between egypt and the gaza strip and bringing you up to date with the business news. live pictures that you're looking at there from the region. the markets never stop moving. of course, neither do i. solution: td ameritrade mobile. i can enter

we are open -- will be to get a hamas spokesman the restore they. in his first television interview just moments after he was released, gilad shalit said his years in prison were long. >> i always believed that of the day would come when i would find myself outside of prison. but after so many years -- not now. >> how did you receive the news you were about to be released? that a deal was under way for your release? then i heard the news -- >> i heard the news a week ago, and at the time i felt it was the last part of my release, the missing part. i was very happy with such news. i cannot describe my feeling at that time. however, i felt that i would be facing difficult times to come. >> did you feel abandoned, forgotten, or were you certain that the negotiations for your release would bear fruit? >> during this period, did you ever believe negotiations would be fruitful? >> following the broadcast of the video that showed -- it does represent to you the first that toward your release? >> i think that the broadcasting of the tv clip through coordina

we don't expect hamas to be at the negotiation table. that is still the task of the plo and president abbas. some see president boss rather weakened by this deal even though he gained a lot of popularity with this initiative. -- some see president abbas we whata -- we are hearing from the egyptians that they hope that this deal might support more regional stability which is clearly something that is lacking here at the moment in the region. >> thank you. germany along with egypt held several rounds of talks on the prisoner exchange between israel and homosporous their german leaders were quick to welcome shalit's release and praised egypt for their role. >> the release was welcomed in berlin. the german mediator's help in the negotiations that led to shalit's release. >> we are sincerely glad that the shalit family can hold their son again. we are happy that germany was able to help make that happen. for us, it was clear that germany would provide its support for the release of gilad shalit. >> he warned that the conflict between israel

political competition to the hamas leadership what do you think. which of course a leader like marwan barghouti is very popular in palestine and the arab world a lot of people have been phoning me to protest that he's not part of this deal i think it's israel who don't want him out of the jail hamas only accepted the deal at the last minute why do you think hamas accepted the deal you know. i don't know the main reason why hamas accepted a deal without marwan no one here in palestine understands it but hamas was under pressure from the israeli side khaled mashal harasses political bureau chief promised you that there would be no deal without marwan do you feel betrayed. right now i'm confused about my feelings because i'm not happy about marwan but i'm very happy for all of the prisoners and their families and as a mother i'm thrilled because all these prisoners have a mother. it's and i know how they feel having their sons and fathers in jail in the last ten years since marwan was imprisoned i have traveled all over the world and advocated for the

a video released by hamas more than two years ago. at that time, the young soldier had already been held somewhere in gaza for three years. the hope hatred between israel and hamas has made this an extremely difficult deal to strike. now israel says it will release 450 palestinian prisoners, and once he is free, another 550 palestinian prisoners will be released. for the hamas leadership, this is a huge propaganda coup, and it has been very quick to point out the scale of its success. >> the sum of this deal is -- the deal is at two stages. the first stage of 450 await from the speech. on the second deal is two months after the first deal is done. >> this deal will be extremely popular in israel. his captivity has been an open sore in a country where most families send a son or daughter to the military. the one thing it will not do is bring an israeli-palestinian peace deal a step closer. if anything, by boosting the popularity of hamas, it could make a reception of peace negotiations that much harder. rupert winfield-hayes, "bbc news

hamas compromised to make this deal. they backed down over the release of some of the biggest names -- named palestinian prisoners. they wanted to boost their popularity, particularly against the palestinian president, their rival, mahmoud abbas. but a thousand prisoners for one israeli. hamas are portraying this as a huge victory. the faces of the palestinian prisoners are not instantly recognizable. the same cannot be said for shalite. today the young soldier's ordeal should be over. but israel's conflict with hamas will go on. >> the somali islammist insurgent group has called on kenya to immediately withdraw its troops from somalia in order to avoid what it called bloodyt. after the kenyan government said the group was behind a recent space of kidnappings. >> among those kidnapped in recent weeks were two spanish health workers from this, the world's largest refugee camp on the kenyan somali border. the kenyan government blames the islammist insurgent group for the kidnappings and have sent their troops tens of kilom

that's the price exacted by hamas. rupert winfield hayes reports from jerusalem. >> last night in jerusalem, the israeli cabinet gathered to confirm a decision that people here have been waiting for for five years, a decision that israel's government has agonized over for nearly as long. the words from prime minister netanyahu's lips confirmed a deal has been struck with hamas to release a young israeli soldier, gilad shalit. >> i bring a proposal to the government, he says, for a deal that will bring gilad shalit home, alive and well. this is the last proof that gilad shalit is still alive, a video released by hamas more than two years ago. at that time, the young soldier had already been held somewhere in gaza for three years. the open hatred between israel and hamas has made this an extremely difficult deal to strike. shalit has been in captivity for more than five years. now israel says it will release 450 palestinian prisoners, and once gilad shalit is free, another 550 palestinian prisoners will be released. for

hamas has been on the defensive. i agree with everything that daniel said about shalit as an iconic figure. this is a palestinian figure among the prisoners held by israel who is an iconic. >> ifill: but who is not released. >> but who is not released. he is one of the most important palestinian political figures. he's a senior figure in fatah, in president abbas's party. i think neither israel nor fatah wants hamas to get the credit for the release of someone as important as this man. so while certainly fatah and abbas have taken a hit, a palpable hit with this, if you will, it's not a mortal blow. it wasn't, i think, intended by israel as a mortal blow because if they had released the other man i think that's what it would have been. a slap certainly at abbas who has angered israel and a chance, again, to show not only to demonstrate a willingness to do imaginative things and cross red lines which both netanyahu and hamas has done but also to work constructively with turkey and with egypt which, you know, sort of c

israeli soldier gilad shalit reunited with his family after five years being held captive by hamas dozens of former palestinian prisoners also flow into exile in countries like qatar and turkey while hundreds of others have to return to the west bank. still thousands of other palestinians remaining in jail up next hour he speaks with the wife of a high profile prisoner considered a terrorist by israel but a hero to the palestinians stay with us. he is regarded by many as the palestinian also mandela while on barghouti who is currently in an israeli prison where he's been for nearly a decade he's serving five life sentences for murdering five israelis and over the years his release has been one of the major stumbling blocks in the gilad shalit prisoner exchange deal with me to discuss this is his wife fired were fired what the israelis always said that they would not release prisoners with blood on their hands but now they are releasing prisoners who have killed israelis but they are not releasing your husband why do you think not. to political issue his judgment and sentencing in israeli

the corporation of hamas and the israelis.ip helped the conclusion of the deal. >> what have you missed most while in captivity and what is the first thing you wanted the when you get home? >> obviously, i miss my family a lot. and also i miss my friends. people, talking to them, to tell them about my experience through captivity. i have alúl7!r644j çgrttéjqg)m free. >> has this made you stronger? >> what are the lessons you have learned from your captivity? to conclude an important lesson. it is the conclusion to be a free prisoners in such a short time. -- a free prisoner in such a short time. >> you have known what it is like to be in captivity. lçh[!o#tcswocç;n;áok[ç3?ne still in israeli jails. >> [foreign speaking] >>ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ i will be very happy l of the prisoners are free. that is so that they can be able to go back to their families and loved ones. it would give me great happiness if this would happen. >> what are your plans for the future? >> i hope that this deal will help the conclusion between the israelis an

hamas.whose main political goal in the so-called unity decoration seems to be to oust fire. the palestinians continue to suffer i would argue the curse of poor leadership. a comparison that is unfair to abbas in a sense he has completely aroused violence. but like his predecessors, and and whatever his motives or excuses, he is unwilling to lead his people to peace. so i would have to say that i see the so-called peace process now likely to lead to where the meetings held in washington are begun in washington last september, remember the last visit resident no bartlett at that time, nowhere. and you. -- thank you. [applause] >> spent i've got to raise the mic. i, too, want to join the other panelists in thanking for hosting the event, letting me participate. thank my other distinguished panelists, especially my foreign boss and good friend, scooter libby. i don't think we've had the pleasure of serving on the panel together since we left the government service. it's a great pleasure. 20th an

become a celebrated cause in his homeland as a return to israel after being held for five years by hamas the exchange has been greeted by thousands on the streets on both sides are to his calls we have been following the story from israel. this does close the first phase of this prisoner exchange some four hundred and seventy seven prisoners has been transferred to gaza and the west bank they have been welcomed by families and by hamas is political leadership and there they were given a hero's welcome but it doesn't complete the kind of questions that up there people are now beginning to ask and one of those questions is why has so much international media attention been put on the story of one soldier being released with some people suggesting that it is the well the israeli propaganda machine that manages to see this happen it's been a was it one incident at the bay to nia checkpoint where the families who had been waiting for their loved ones to come we're told at the last moment that they would not be crossing through there they were so angry they started throwing stones at the israe

it is an asset obviously because now hamas hamas is discreetly difficult to destroy. we saw that in late 2008 in early 2009. the israelis went in and unleashed a poor end of military activity against hamas and it was not something that was easily distractible. hamas still exist today and it continues to thrive. but at the same time i think iran is a liability because it gives the impression that hamas is not an organic palestinian movement. if you look at just the headquarters in syria for example, this is a continued thing that the hamas organization needs to fend off and one can even recall that after the civil war in 2007 there were palestinians chanting shia, shia outside of hamas in the aftermath of that war so it was sort of a purge ordered to be sure. so, it is clear that hamas is an iranian proxy that poses a grave threat to israel. the more powerful iran comes to the region the greater threat to the universal and just there. conversely the weaker we can make iran i think in this context the better chances there are of ultimately being able to return to negoti

israel released the prisoners to hamas, not the palestinian liberation organization. in fact, this ends up being a step that hurts of the palestinian negotiating side and strengthens hamas, the political rival of the palestinian authority. and israel has announced that it is going to move forward with building a large settlement, a new settlement. >> how much did strengthen them? haven't they lost a lot of their leverage by letting him go? dodge they could not hold onto him indefinitely. under the circumstances, this was the best deal they were likely to get. the strategic ground has been shifting because of the uprising in syria. syria has been the base, and the regime has been a major supporter. hamas has to look for a new headquarters, and they might be thinking about egypt. >> can you have just come back from egypt. how important was that role? does it show that the policy is shifting regionally? >> egypt played an important to mediating role, and talks of been going on for more than two months quietly between israel and hamas interlocutors. even back when arafat

or hamas leadership? >> hamas leadership. i stand corrected. hamas people i don't know, they don't have a voice. >> rose: and the idea of statehood at the united nations. is it wrong... was it a mistake for israel to oppose it? >> if i were netanyahu i would insist that the minute yansz inform israel 48 hours in vance before they proclaim independce so as to enable israel to be for historical reasons the first state in the world to recognize palestine. >> rose: i'm sure prime minister knows of your idea. >> we know of each her's ideas yes. >> rose: (laughs) >> when you look at the occupation, hast done anything to your soul to be an occupying power. >> back in 1967 more than40 years ago i wrote an article saying the occupation is going to corrupt the israeli psyche. it is corrupting us. >> rose: that's why i asked the question. what do you mean corrupting your psyche? >> one generation after another of israeli soldiers into the mentality of mters and rulers. this is corruption. cupg of the soul. >> rose:

why do you think hamas accepted the deal. i don't know the main reason why hamas accepted a deal without marwan no one here in palestine understands it but hamas was under pressure from the israeli side khaled mashal muscles political bureau chief promised you that there would be no deal without marwan do you feel betrayed. right now i'm confused about my feelings because i'm not happy about marwan but i'm very happy for all of the prisoners and their families as a mother i'm thrilled because all these prisoners have mothers and i know how they feel having their sons and fathers in jail and the last ten years since marwan was imprisoned i have traveled all over the world and advocated for the rights of prisoners so i'm happy and i'm not happy do you think that this was the last chance for marwan to be free. from the moment the israelis kidnapped my husband i never lost hope that one day he would come out of that jail and i'll never lose this hope for marwan and for all of the prisoners marwan is a great leader and the palesti

it's a controversial matter everybody welcomes it but some say it's a concession to hamas on the part of israel how would you comment on. well it was a controversial matter because this proposal of one prisoner for two for one thousand is president of course it has the interest consequences and we go to the future personally i think about it it was not a smart decision to agree to such a deal i think that we missed some better approach in the does in the past five years but at least it shows the israeli public is extremely concerned about every specific person and especially about the person that as a uniform and it was sent by the country to defend the state and the country shows that we are ready to do almost anything in order to save him. and but it might have some dangerous consequences that's why i think that in the long term it was not necessarily a very smart decision let's take a look at one of the largest prisoner exchange deals in the middle east history spotlights in the media reports of. gilad shalit and israeli soldier was captured inside he's country by hamas militants m

to can the talks with hamas. and the problem is not to negotiate with anyone the question is on what exactly you negotiate and isil i can tell you a secret this is negotiating with hamas on a lot of practical arrangements because hamas is controlling gaza which is in a way almost a state and we have a border with gaza and so we have a sort of so them of the relationship we cannot speak with hamas about political solution and for the simple reason the comus is against any political solution and they clambered the only possible solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is the elimination of the state of israel saw those very little to discuss as long as this is the position. can you say can you predict what will be israel's reaction when the u.n. general assembly will sooner or later this will happen recognizes the state of. israel of the said as long as disses only a statement of the general assembly and he does not translated to protective action in the un security council it has very little meanings and the b

i choke on hamas, see what happens? [laughter] the arab spring. how can we make the same offer today that when we don't know who's going to be in charge of the palestinian authorities tomorrow, who will be our neighbors tomorrow, we require security. that's the major issue here for us. thank you, please. [laughter] anything, anything with liquid in it is good. thank you. we require security arrangements. we withdrew from gaza trying to promote some movement to peace. we didn't get peat. we got rockets. our problem in gaza is not our border with gaza, but e just a -- egypts border. we got rockets. lots and lots of rockets. our problem is not our border, but the syrian-lebanese border. it's the future palestinian's border with jordan, and we are seeking a long term idea presence along that border because we found that international forces like unifil did not stop the transfer of weapons. hezbollah has four times the amount of rockets it had in 2006. the only proven force proven effective in stopping smuggling it the israeli defense. palestinians don

hamas in a show of unity. it is the most lopsided transfer in israel's history. netanyahu warns the newly freed militants they will be punished if they return to violence. some 300 had been serving life for deadly attacks on israelis. at 8:00 this morning the jewish community federation of san francisco is holding a kpwaer watch the events un-- holding a gathering to watch the events unfold. >>> 6:30 fight >>> time to check in with mike and talk about a fooling temperatures -- and a return of you know what. >> you know who has the forecast. >>> fog. good morning the morning fog is along the coast spilling through lower elevations like san francisco that the north bay valley due to this area of low pressure. that will hang around today and tomorrow. yes, the biggest drop in temperatures today and tomorrow. right now half mile visibility half moon bay. we did have 1 and 3/4 to a mile and a half in santa rosa so the fog is moving a little now the reporting station is saying all clear. with the temperatures this m