Israel releases 170 in overture to Abbas
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JERUSALEM -- Israel yesterday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egypt and encouragement to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in hopes of future negotiations.
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A special ministerial committee approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners yesterday in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a &quot;goodwill gesture&quot; to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, following the release of an Israeli Druze from a Cairo
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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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KITSIYOT, Israel  - Israel began releasing 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.
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BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners 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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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 freed 159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, in a move the Palestinian leadership welcomed while calling for the releases of thousands more who remain jailed.
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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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Israel said it had begun the transfer of tens of millions of dollars in tax funds to the Palestinian Authority on Sunday after a break of 17 months, hoping to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas and isolate Hamas.
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Israel on Suntoday agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a goodwill offering to Egypt&#39;s President Hosni Mubarak.
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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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The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of about 90 Palestinian prisoners, officials said, the latest move by Israel to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel initiated the release of 159 Palestinian convicts today as a gesture toward the new Palestinian administration that has formed sinced the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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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.
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Israel begins releasing tens of millions of dollars in frozen tax funds to the Palestinian Authority's President Abbas.
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Israel agreed Sunday to release desperately needed funds to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a day before the moderate leader planned to meet the heads of Egypt, Israel and Jordan in a summit meant to bolster him in his struggle with Hamas.
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Israeli Cabinet ministers on Tuesday approved a list of 250 Palestinians prisoners slated to be released this week in a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an official said.