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	As an alternative to the representatives of the ruling Hamas Party (which does not recognize Israel), Israel's leaders have cultivated a relationship with the Palestinian Authority's more moderate President Mahmoud Abbas. But discussions between Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas have led to stalemates on a number of issues, among them are the following: Olmert's (Israel's) demands: Unconditional release of Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped on June 25, 2006 setting off a series of battles between Palestinians and the Israeli Defense Force. A halt to weapons smuggling from Egypt into Gaza. An end to the sporadic firing of Kassam rockets from Gaza into Israel. Abbas' (Palestinian Authority's) demands: An end to Israeli military operations in the West Bank. Broadening the informal cease-fire put in place in the Gaza Strip since November. The lifting of Israeli and international economic sanctions as soon as a unity government is formed.

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