PA Chairman Abbas: "Hamas kidnapped a soldier... That's a good thing," but also: We don't want military resistance
In October 2011, the Israeli government agreed to release 1,027 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prison in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years.
Interview with Mahmoud Abbas following the exchange:
Interviewer: "Don't you think that..."