Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 32 Shalit 31 Gilad Shalit 30 prisoner swap 29 Eldad Regev 29 hostages 28 captives 28 Gilad Schalit 28 bargaining chips 27 nuclear weapons 26 bargaining chip 26 Schalit 25 conditional 25 hostage takers 25 captivity 25 precondition 25 POWs 23 freed 23 abductees 23 captors 23 Israeli soldier Gilad 23 ransoms 22 Shebaa Farms 21 ministerial posts 20 interlocutor 20 nukes 20 acquiescence 20 hostage 19 spies 19 pretext 19 Hostages 19 intermediary 18 purposes 18 atomic ambitions 17 Revolutionary Armed Forces 17 extract confessions 17 conduit 17 kidnappers 16 renounce 16 human shields 16 ransom 16 negotiation 16 pawn 16 frozen embryos 16 conciliatory gestures 16 coercion 15 allies 15 stalemated 15 quid pro quo 15 birthright 15 ambassadorship 15 barter 14 prelude 14 fait accompli 14 endgame 14 draft picks 14 kidnapped 13 negotiations 13 pawns 13 resolved peacefully 13 cause celebre 13 negotiated 13 Haqqanis 13 chairmanships 13 closest ally 13 fig leaf 13 springboard 13 stalling tactics 13 traitors 13 Seoul Dongguk University 12 weapon 12 toehold 12 enticements 12 middleman 12 advantageous 12 inducement 12 precursor 12 RSS newsfeed here 12 grist 12 bartering 12 impetus 12 windfalls 12 go betweens 12 inducements 12 bribe 12 symbolic 12 zero sum 11 amenable 11 tacit approval 11 catalyst 11 imminent 11 kingmaker 10 preoccupy 10 blackmail 10 payoff 10 impediment 10 launching pad 10 land 10 concessions 10 negotiators 10 complicating factor 10 abducted