Palestinian minister accuses Israel&#39;s releasing prisoners as ...
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Palestinian minister for prisoners affairs Hisham Abdel Razeq said Monday that the Israeli decision to release 170 Palestinian prisoners was a unilateral step and only for &quot;public relations&quot;.
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An Israeli ministerial committee has approved the release, which the Israeli Cabinet approved last week. It&#39;s part of a promise Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made to Egypt&#39;s president to win the freedom of an Israeli jailed by Egypt on espionage charges.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia (middle) delivers a speech to journalists in front of part of Israel&#39;s West Bank barrier, near Qalqiliya, 11 January 2004.
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The Israeli prime minister wants to meet with the Palestinian president, but said no prisoners would be released until a captured Israeli solder is freed
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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 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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Israel bombed a series of Hamas buildings and arrested another Palestinian cabinet minister.
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SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel will be prepared to release many jailed Palestinians, including long-serving prisoners, in return for a soldier militants seized in June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
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Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday approved the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and a military pullout from the West Bank town of Jericho within days in overtures intended to improve the climate ahead of next week's Mideast summit.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  -- Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners Friday in an attempt to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas.
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Dozens of Palestinian officials are being held in Israeli jails, and five cabinet ministers are behind bars.
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JERUSALEMâA US human rights watchdog has accused Israel of exaggerating the threat posed by Palestinian arms-smuggling tunnels to justify a military thrust into a Gaza refugee camp that has left an estimated 16,000 homeless.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia Tuesday said authorities were working hard for the release of a CNN producer and urged the kidnappers to free him.
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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 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.
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Israeli ministers on Sunday voiced concern over two initiatives in Britain to boycott Israeli universities and sanction trade with the Jewish state because of its policies towards Palestinians.
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SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel will be prepared to release many Palestinian prisoners, including long-serving inmates, in return for a soldier militants seized last June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.