Israel calls prisoner release &#39;goodwill gesture&#39;
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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 released 159 Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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Israel agrees to free about 90 Palestinian prisoners as a "gesture of goodwill" toward the Palestinian president.
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Israel is prepared to discuss freeing   Lebanese prisoners for two soldiers held hostage by Hizbollah   if the two are handed over to the Lebanese government, a senior   Israeli political source said on Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians urged Israel  on Friday to expand a prisoner release to ensure the success of  a summit both sides hope will result in a formal declaration to  end violence.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released dozens of 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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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 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 on Sunday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture toward Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership, officials said, but a Palestinian official dismissed the Israeli move as &quot;cosmetic.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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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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Palestinians urged Israel on Friday to expand a prisoner release to ensure the success of a summit both sides hope will result in a formal declaration to end violence.
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The Israeli government yesterday said it would free 170 jailed Palestinians in a gesture of gratitude for Egypt&#39;s recent release of an Israeli Arab imprisoned for spying.
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JERUSALEM,  - Israel began freeing 159 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Palestine Liberation Organisastion chairman Mahmud Abbas.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians urged Israel  Friday to expand a prisoner release to ensure the success of a  summit both sides hope will result in a formal declaration to  end violence.
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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 promised release reinforced hopes for a new push to end decades of conflict in the Middle East after Arafat&#39;s death. The prisoner release was agreed at Sharon&#39;s cabinet meeting.