Israeli cabinet approves release of 250 Palestinian prisoners

Posted : Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:24:29 GMT

By : DPA

Category : Middle East (World)

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Jerusalem - The Israeli cabinet Sunday gave the go-ahead for the release of some 250 Palestinian militants from Israeli prisons, Israel Radio reported. Israeli caretaker Premier Ehud Olmert promised the move in a Jerusalem meeting two weeks ago with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israel has carried several such releases over the past year in "goodwill measures" aimed at boosting public support for the moderate Palestinian president opposite his main rival, the radical Islamic Hamas movement ruling Gaza.

All those released so far were members of Abbas' secular Fatah movement. No Hamas militants were among them.

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