Olmert delays Palestinian prisoner release
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel delayed a plan to release from prison scores of members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah movement, Israeli officials said yesterday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that Israel wouldn&#039;t balk at &quot;extreme action&quot; to bring home a soldier captured by Palestinian militants.
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A ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza took hold on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised restraint in response to early Palestinian truce violations.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has barred new construction work, building planning and occupancy tenders at West Bank settlements without his approval, a move meant to bolster U.S.-backed peace talks, documents show.
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Israel will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume long-stalled peace talks after Palestinian militants release a captured Israeli soldier, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected   on Monday international criticism of Israel's offensive in Gaza   and demands by militants to free Palestinian prisoners in   exchange for an abducted Israeli soldier.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday and promised to speed the release of 250 prisoners in a bid to shore up his West Bank administration against rival Hamas Islamists.
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The Palestinian Authority, refusing Israel&#39;s demand for a halt in terrorist attacks, also insists that Israel release convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for murder.
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Israel's Supreme Court has delayed a widely criticized plea bargain that dropped the threat of rape charges and jail time against the former president, giving the state until Monday afternoon to defend the deal.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he was not sure he would be able to reach a deal with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on statehood principles before a U.S.-sponsored conference in November.
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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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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that Israel would not free the number of Palestinian militants demanded by the captors of an Israeli soldier abducted a year ago.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he hoped to reach an agreement with the Palestinians on statehood principles but it was unclear if that would be possible before a U.S.-planned conference in November.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on   Monday he had put his plan for an Israeli pullback from parts   of the occupied West Bank on hold following a war in which Arab   militants rained rockets on the Jewish state.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out relaxing Israel's grip on the occupied West Bank until the Palestinians rein in militants after a shooting attack killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   said he hoped to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   within days for a summit the international community believes   could help revive peace talks.
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Israel agreed on Sunday to free another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.