Iran paid Meshaal $50 million not to release Shalit

The government of Iran paid Hamas politburo leader Khaled Meshaal $50 million not to permit the release of kidnapped IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit according to a report in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth this morning (link in Hebrew).According to the report, 'Western sources' say that a deal in principle to release Shalit in return for the release of 'hundreds' of 'Palestinian' prisoners