Israel frees scores of Palestinian prisoners
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed more than 250 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 has approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners, most of them Fatah members, as a goodwill gesture towards Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Israel is to free 170 Palestinian prisoners within days after the move wins ministerial committee backing.
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Israel said yesterday it would free 170 jailed Palestinians in a gesture of gratitude for Egypt&#39;s release two weeks ago of an Israeli Arab imprisoned for spying.
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JERUSALEM -- Egypt yesterday freed an Israeli convicted of spying, in exchange for the release of six Egyptian detainees in a prisoner swap that signaled warmer ties between the countries. The exchange added to the surge in regional diplomacy since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died last month.
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Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a "serious release" of thousands of security detainees.
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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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Israel on 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.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed Hamas's top  West Bank leader Thursday after two years in jail and he  swiftly called on the Jewish state to release all Palestinian  inmates as a condition for any truce.
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Israel has agreed to free 170  Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a  convicted Israeli spy and to show goodwill ahead of a  Palestinian election, officials 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.
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ISRAEL has agreed to release 170Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy.
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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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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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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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BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, many of them serving the  final months of their sentences, in a gesture to the new  Palestinian leadership after Yasser Arafat's death.