Israel Approves Release of Palestinian Prisoners
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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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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.
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Israel has agreed to free 170  Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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Israel's cabinet agreed on Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners in the latest attempt to strengthen Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas's seizure of the Gaza Strip.
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Israel will free 250 Palestinian prisoners later this week -- nearly all of them from the Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman for the Israeli prime minister said Monday.
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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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In the wake of Operation Orange Iron, the Sharon government approves a Palestinian prisoner release.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said yesterday it would free 170 jailed Palestinians in a gesture of gratitude for Egypt's release two weeks ago of an Israeli Arab imprisoned for spying.
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Israel approves a list of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in line with the recently agreed ceasefire.
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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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Israel&#39;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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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 freed 159 Palestinian prisoners from its jails today in an agreement brokered by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that may add momentum to the renewed Middle East peace process.
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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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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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The Israeli Cabinet agreed in principle on Sunday to release scores of Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt and Palestinian officials in the run
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Israel Thursday approved a troop  pullback from West Bank cities and the release of 900  Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of a  summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.