Page last updated at 15:22 GMT, Sunday, 30 November 2008 Mr Olmert promised to release prisoners earlier this month The Israeli cabinet has approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners after an earlier promise from outgoing Prime Minister...

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In an effort to bolster Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas’s West Bank administration against Hamas the Israeli cabinet has approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners. The decision to free the prisoners follows a promise made by...
According to Israeli media outlets, the cabinet's decision was a 'good-will' gesture to Palestinian Authority's president Mahmoud Abbas, who involved in peace talks with Israel following the Islamist Hamas's takeover of Gaza last year. The...
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