Israel Begins Releasing 159 Palestinians
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Israel on Monday began releasing 159 Palestinian prisoners as part of a prisoner swap with Egypt and in what is also seen as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday Israel would start freeing 250 Palestinian prisoners by the end of the week in a bid to shore up Abbas's new government against Hamas.
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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, in a move the Palestinian leadership welcomed while calling for the releases of thousands more who remain jailed.
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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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ISRAEL released almost 160 Palestinian prisoners today as an act of goodwill towards Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak but Palestinians dismissed the move as a public relations gimmick.
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Israel agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners yesterday as a gesture of goodwill to 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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Israel says it&#39;s considering releasing some Palestinian prisoners -- as part of a deal in which Egypt has freed an Israeli Arab man convicted of spying.
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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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Israeli officials approve a list of 250 Palestinian prisoners in its jails expected to be released on Friday.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 19. - Israel today approved the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture meant to promote reconciliation with Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership, officials said.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved a list of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be released in coming days, and several hundred Palestinian workers returned to jobs in Israel in line with agreements reached at a Middle East summit last week.
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Israel frees a large group of Palestinian prisoners in a move intended to strengthen Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel has approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners, most of them Fatah members, as a goodwill gesture towards Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a "serious release" of thousands of security detainees.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday as he looked to bolster the new moderate PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas and cement his own hold on power by finalising a new broad-based coalition.