Israel Frees 159 Palestinians; Abbas Wants More Out
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed 159  Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate  new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a  "serious release" of thousands of security detainees.
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Israel is to free 170 Palestinian prisoners within days after the move wins ministerial committee backing.
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Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a series of goodwill gestures designed to bolster Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his standoff against Hamas. The majority of the prisoners in the largest release for many years were aligned with Abbas' Fatah faction.
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Description: Israel announces it will free 170 Palestinian prisoners in the coming week. Officials said Israel had promised the release to Egypt&#39;s President Hosni Mubarak in exchange for the release by Egypt two weeks ago of an Israeli-Arab businessman.
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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.
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Israel will free 250 Palestinian prisoners later this week -- nearly all of them from the Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman for the Israeli prime minister said Monday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday Israel would start freeing 250 Palestinian prisoners by the end of the week in a bid to shore up Abbas's new government against Hamas.
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Israel agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners yesterday as a gesture of goodwill to Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership.
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Thousands of Palestinians, some wearing  mock suicide-bomber belts, lined Gaza roads Monday to welcome  home the remains of 15 gunmen handed over by Israel in a  gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas shore up a cease-fire.
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Israel released 159 Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he was ready to free about 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction.
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Israel has agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy, officials said Sunday.
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BEITUNIA CHECKPOINT, WEST BANK - Family members were reunited Monday with 159 Palestinians released from Israeli detention. Israel said it freed them as part of a prisoner swap with Egypt and as a goodwill gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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Israel frees a large group of Palestinian prisoners in a move intended to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas.
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ISRAEL has agreed to release 170Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy.
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Israel has agreed to free 170  Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a  convicted Israeli spy and to show goodwill ahead of a  Palestinian election, officials said on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.