There is apparently a majority in the cabinet for approval of a deal to release hundreds of security prisoners in exchange for abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The apparent majority includes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and some ministers from his Likud party, five ministers from the Labor party and four from Shas.
Ministers Benny Begin, Uzi Landau, Yuval Steinitz and Moshe Ya'alon are expected to oppose the deal.