Text size this story is by  In Nablus, several dozen kilometers
from the home of the family of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad
Shalit, lives the family of Palestinian prisoner Said al-Atabeh,
which is also following shreds of information about the status
of negotiations for the release of Shalit. They are also
vacillating between hope that their son will be released, and
worry and anxiety.  Al-Atabeh is the most veteran Palestinian
prisoner, who has been jailed in Israel since 1977. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of
commanding a military cell of the Democratic Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (DFLP): One of its members planted
several explosive devices that blew up. Thirty-three people were
wounded, and one died of his wounds. The man who planted the
bombs, who was also sentenced to life, was released in the
prisoner exchange deal in 1985. Blind fate determined that Al-
Atabeh would remain in prison, because, at the last moment,
Israel refused to release all the Palestinian li