Israel, Egypt Warm Ties With Prison Swap
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In a series of dramatic steps capped Sunday by a high-profile prisoner swap, Israel and Egypt are moving rapidly to improve relations, seizing the opportunity for a Middle East peace deal presented by Yasser Arafat's death.
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Israel on Monday began releasing 159 Palestinian prisoners as part of a prisoner swap with Egypt and in what is also seen as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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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 of future negotiations.
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The prisoner swap deal between Israel and Egypt is one of the most vivid signs of a warming in the &quot;cold peace&quot; between the two countries.
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Israeli officials see opportunity to turn Gaza over to Egypt to provide services.
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Wednesday called for a prisoner swap with Israel to solve the Gaza crisis. It was the first time the government has proposed exchanging a captured Israeli soldier for prisoners held by Israel.
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In the boldest sign of a thaw following the death of Yasser Arafat, Egypt will collaborate with Israel in new industrial zones and may soon return its ambassador to Israel.
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ISRAEL and Egypt signed a three-way trade deal with the United States yesterday in a move that signalled a further warming of relations between the two neighbours and gave momentum to renewed hopes for peace negotiations in the Middle East.
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An ecstatic Azzam Azzam, the Israeli Druze businessman held in an Egyptian jail for seven years on spying charges, was released yesterday in a prisoner swap seen as signalling a thaw in relations between the two countries.
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Hours after a high-profile prisoner swap Sunday, the families of six Egyptian students released from an Israeli prison waited anxiously for their return, denying that their children had done anything illegal.
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As part of a prisoner swap that signaled a warming of relations between the two countries, Egypt has released Azzam Azzam Sunday, the Prime Minister&#39;s Office announced in a statement on Sunday.
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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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Egypt sent a convicted Israeli spy  home after eight years in jail and Israel released six Egyptian  infiltrators Sunday in the clearest sign of a warming of  relations strained by a Palestinian uprising.
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Egypt and Israel signed their first strategic partnership accord in trade and industry since their historic 1979 peace treaty.
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Israel has agreed to release 170  Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian  election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted  Israeli spy, officials said Sunday.
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[World News]: Cairo, Dec 5 : A convicted Israeli spy will be released by Egypt in exchange for six imprisoned Egyptian students, an Arabic-language TV station reported Sunday.
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A convicted Israeli spy was released by Egypt on Sunday in exchange for six imprisoned Egyptian students under a prisoner swap. Azzam Azzam, an Israeli businessman jailed by