Underscoring the dangerous stalemate between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he refuses to trade Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier abducted last month by Hamas' military wing, while in Damascus, Hamas' political chief, Khaled Mashaal, said the only solution to the burgeoning crisis is a mediated "swap."

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