Israel's Olmert delays Palestinian prisoner release
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delayed a plan to release from prison scores of members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah movement, Israeli officials said on Saturday.
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The Israeli National Religious Party (NRP) decided Monday to postpone its quitting from the government until the parliament ratifies a Gaza withdrawal, givingPrime Minister
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Israel's cabinet agreed on Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners in the latest of a series of attempts to strengthen Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas's seizure of the Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released dozens of 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.
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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 agreed on Sunday to free about another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.
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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's security services foiled a plot by Palestinian militants to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert before a summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli media reported on Sunday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will hold his first peace summit with Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas if gunmen in the Gaza Strip release a captive   Israeli soldier, Olmert's senior deputy said on Tuesday.
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BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, many of them serving the  final months of their sentences, in a gesture to the new  Palestinian leadership after Yasser Arafat's death.
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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 amid fears of rocket attacks   by Arab militants on the Jewish state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will seek a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if   gunmen in the Gaza Strip release a captive Israeli soldier,   Olmert's senior deputy said on Tuesday.
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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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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel is considering easing criteria for freeing Palestinian prisoners, a move one Israeli official said on Monday could pave the way for the release of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said  Israel may release more Palestinian prisoners than expected as  part of a possible deal covering the release of an Israeli  soldier held by Palestinians.
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Israel's prime minister promised Monday to free 250 Palestinian prisoners and promised to improve life in the West Bank in an attempt to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas' takeover in Gaza.