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Bill Linking Treatment of Hamas Prisoners to Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Passes Initial Reading
(AFP) An Israeli bill seeking to toughen the conditions under which Hamas prisoners are held passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset on Wednesday by 52 votes to 10. The bill comes in response to a stalemate over the fate of soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured in June 2006 by Hamas and two smaller armed groups in a cross-border raid in which two other soldiers were killed. Dubbed "the Shalit law," the bill would end family visits to Hamas inmates and restrict their access to newspapers, television and study.