A、Positive. B、Negative. C、Neutral. D、Indifferent. B

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says plans for his first summit meeting with moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are on hold. Mr. Olmert told Cabinet ministers from his ruling Kadima Party that Mr. Abbas demanded the release of Palestinian prisoners as a condition for the meeting. Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisen says that is unacceptable.
  "And that can not be preconditions."
  Mr. Olmert said there would be no prisoner release until the Palestinians free a kidnapped soldier held in the Gaza Strip. Gunmen from the ruling Islamic militant group Hamas seized 19-year-old Corporal Gilad Shalit in a cress-border raid on an Israeli army base in June. The Hamas-led government is demanding the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the captive soldier. But Eisen says Israel will not cave in to what she calls terrorist blackmail.