Binyamin Netanyahu on the kidnap deal
The War Cabinet decided to expand the mandate of the Israeli negotiating team for talks on the abductee deal - according to two senior Israeli officials who are familiar with the matter. Head of the Mossad Dedi Barnea, head of the Shin Bet Ronan Bar, Major General Nitzan Alon will leave for Cairo this evening (Sunday) for a meeting with the Prime Minister Qatar, the head of the CIA and the head of Egyptian intelligence, in an attempt to bring about a breakthrough in the talks.
An Israeli senior official stated that the cabinet's directive to the negotiating team is to refine the mediators' proposal to the end and try to come back with a formula that, in the team's opinion, will most likely lead to a deal. "Their mandate is to come back and say what will happen," said the Israeli official.
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