JERUSALEM, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Two Palestinian leaders Israel has agreed to release in a prisoner swap for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit refuse to be deported, a Palestinian minister said.
Issa Qaraqe, minister of prisoner affairs, said Wednesday former Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti and Ahmad Saadat, secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, both refused to be deported outside the Palestinian territories, al-Quds said.