Israel to release 170 Palestinian prisoners
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Israeli officials said it was a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy, and to the new Palestinian leadership ahead of next month&#39;s Palestinian elections.
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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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JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday 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 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 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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Israeli Cabinet ministers on Tuesday approved a list of 250 Palestinians prisoners slated to be released this week in a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an official said.
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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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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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A special ministerial committee on Sunday decided to release 170 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons. Of the group, 120 prisoners are members of Fatah and 50 were arrested for illegally residing within Israel.
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JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a goodwill offering to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
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In a gesture to Abbas, Israel plans to release 500 Palestinian prisoners this week.
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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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A special ministerial committee headed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Sunday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israeli newspaper Ha&#39;aretz reported.
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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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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.
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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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JERUSALEM - Israel yesterday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egypt and encouragement to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in hopes for future negotiations.