Israel president makes plea deal
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Israel's outgoing President Moshe Katsav strikes a plea bargain to avoid rape charges and a prison term.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel agreed yesterday 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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JERUSALEM -- Scores of battle-hardened Palestinians signed pledges to renounce violence against Israel and turned in their weapons yesterday, accepting the Israeli government's first collective offer of clemency in 14 years for gunmen listed as wanted terrorists.
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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 gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah faction.
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Israel&#039;s president is being dogged by allegations of sexual harassment in a spiraling scandal that has pushed the country&#039;s violent standoff with Hamas off the front pages.
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Â· Funds to boost support for president in West Bank  Â· Olmert offers concessions but 'no breakthrough'
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Thousands of protesters outraged over a plea bargain that spared President Moshe Katsav rape charges and possible jail time gathered in Tel Aviv's main square Saturday night to demand he stand trial.
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Israel's prime minister says he is ready for talks with the Palestinian leader, after talks with UK PM Tony Blair.
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The Israeli president disgraced by sex charges described himself on Tuesday as a victim of persecution in his first public appearance since he was forced to resign last week.
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Israel and the Palestinian Authority are trying to work out a deal to end the army's Gaza offensive in return for stopping militants firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli security sources said Tuesday.
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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 agreed on Sunday to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government, a measure designed to undercut Hamas Islamists controlling Gaza.
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The Finnish presidency of the European Union has called for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to explain his apparent admission that the Jewish state has nuclear weapons.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 25 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Monday to seek the release of 250 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons in response to calls from Arab leaders that he take steps to shore up the emergency government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Description: Israel announces it will free 170 Palestinian prisoners in the coming week. Officials said Israel had promised the release to Egypt&#39;s President Hosni Mubarak in exchange for the release by Egypt two weeks ago of an Israeli-Arab businessman.
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Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party is trying to rebuild the coalition government, said any political party seeking to join will have to agree to his economic plans and the 2005 budget.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered negotiations and a prisoner release if Palestinians turned away from violence.