Olmert: Prisoner swap demands create 'expectations we cannot meet'

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a powerful parliamentary panel today that the list of prisoners the Palestinians want freed in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier “creates expectations we cannot meet,” a meeting participant said.

The list has not been made public, but various media reports have put the number of names between 350 and 1,400, including militants convicted of involvement in fatal attacks on Israelis.