Israel begins freeing some Palestinian prisoners
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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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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 cabinet agreed on Sunday to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a move meant to show goodwill ahead of elections to replace Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a goodwill gesture to bolster new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and build mutual trust.
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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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JERUSALEM - Israel decided Sunday to release 170 Palestinian prisoners, hours after ending a two-day incursion into the southern Gaza Strip.
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Israel is to release 170 Palestinian prisoners after Egypt freed a convicted Israeli spy, officials say. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s office said the prisoners would be released within days.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released more than 250 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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JERUSALEM Israel began releasing more than 130 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday in a move aimed at easing overcrowding in its jails, security officials said.
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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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Israel agreed on Sunday to free up to  200 Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill after Egypt freed a  convicted Israeli spy and ahead of elections for Yasser  Arafat's successor, officials said.
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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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Israel approves a plan to free hundreds of detained Palestinians and to pull troops out of West Bank cities.
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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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BEITUNIA CHECKPOINT, WEST BANK - Family members were reunited Monday with 159 Palestinians released from Israeli detention. Israel said it freed them as part of a prisoner swap with Egypt and as a goodwill gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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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.