Israel releases 250 Palestinians
5053
Israel frees a large group of Palestinian prisoners in a move intended to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas.
345815
Israeli army arrested six Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said Saturday. The sources said Israeli army arrested three residents and
163420
Israel is to free 170 Palestinian prisoners within days after the move wins ministerial committee backing.
721862
Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday approved the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and a withdrawal from the West Bank town of Jericho, officials said, in a pair of gestures ahead of a regional summit next week.
724079
Israel released 159 Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
305535
The deal for securing the release of Azzam Azzam from incarceration in Egypt was essentially completed today, when Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners âwithout blood on their hands.
679554
Israel&#39;s cabinet agreed on Sunday to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a move meant to show goodwill ahead of elections to replace Yasser Arafat, officials said.
62357
Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, in a move the Palestinian leadership welcomed while calling for the releases of thousands more who remain jailed.
141904
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in a goodwill gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the moderate Fatah faction.
368308
Israel agreed Sunday to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a good-will offering to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
472077
JERUSALEM, Dec. 19. - Israel today approved the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture meant to promote reconciliation with Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership, officials said.
672217
Israel is to release 170 Palestinian prisoners after Egypt freed a convicted Israeli spy, officials say. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s office said the prisoners would be released within days.
415162
Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a list of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be released in coming days, and several hundred Palestinian workers returned to jobs in Israel in line with agreements reached at a Middle East summit last week.
330526
Israel backs the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a show of support for Palestinian president Abbas.
403348
JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners as he looked to bolster the new moderate PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas and cement his own hold on power by finalising arrangements for a new broad-based
304842
JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a goodwill offering to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
414593
The Israeli cabinet agreed Sunday morning to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture ahead of the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections, officials said.