Israel to free jailed Palestinians
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The promised release reinforced hopes for a new push to end decades of conflict in the Middle East after Arafat&#39;s death. The prisoner release was agreed at Sharon&#39;s cabinet meeting.
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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
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Israel approves a list of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in line with the recently agreed ceasefire.
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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 has agreed to free 170  Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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Israel on Sunday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture toward Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership.
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Israel intends to release 900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a package of goodwill measures it plans to present at a summit with new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas next week, cabinet sources said Thursday.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 25 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Monday to seek the release of 250 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons in response to calls from Arab leaders that he take steps to shore up the emergency government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners from its jails today in an agreement brokered by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that may add momentum to the renewed Middle East peace process.
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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.
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A special ministerial committee on Sunday decided to release 170 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons. Of the group, 120 prisoners are members of Fatah and 50 were arrested for illegally residing within Israel.
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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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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners to boost ties between the Jewish state and Fatah party leader and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli official told CNN.
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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.
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KITSIYOT, Israel  - Israel released dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas Islamists last month.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli prison authorities have received orders to prepare for the eventual internment of hundreds of settlers opposed to Ariel Sharon&#39;s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a &quot;serious release&quot; of thousands of security detainees.