Haaretz: "Hezbollah's price to return soldiers is not impossibly high.."

Amos Harel in Haaretz, here

"....The Achilles heel of the deal is Kuntar, whom Israel insisted on keeping in prison as a bargaining chip for information on the fate of the missing navigator Ron Arad .....Yedioth Aharonoth reported Saturday that Olmert will meet Monday with the family of Ron Arad to discuss with them his thinking about the deal that is developing - which would be tantamount to Israel giving up on resolving the Arad mystery. The leak appears to be an attempt to prepare public opinion ahead of a deal that would include Kuntar's release. However, it seems that at the PM's Bureau they forgot to coordinate the details with the family, which learned about the meeting with Olmert through the article in Yedioth. In any case, the cost in public opinion will not be low: The Arad family will reiterate its argument that Ron was abandoned by the state - but this is a price that Olmert seems willing to pay....
.....Compared to Goldwasser-Regev, the situation with regard to a possible release of Gilad Shalit is extremely complicated. The price is known: 450 Palestinian prisoners. But Hamas insists on including in its wish list many murderers, including those who were involved in large suicide bombings beginning in the mid-1990s. Their release will stir significant public debate, political confrontations and protests ...."