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Israel Delays Prisoner Release

Negotiations dragged out

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 10, 2007 7:37 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Israel is unlikely to release up to 100 prisoners scheduled for release, Yediot Aharonot reports. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are in meetings today in advance of a summit in Washington. Israel normally releases some non-violent prisoners as a goodwill gesture at Ramadan, but officials say the release is tenuous this year.

In addition to the prisoner release, the heads of state will be discussing border security and military aid to the fledgling Palestinian government. Other issues under discussion include the division of Jerusalem, a return to 1967 borders, and the Palestinian right of return. Much of Monday’s meeting will be in private and Israeli officials say there is “still much distance to cover.”

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pauses during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to meet in the coming days in Jerusalem ahead of an expected visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and key meetings of international...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pauses during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to meet in the coming days in Jerusalem...   (Associated Press)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. Abbas condemned actions by Hamas security forces in Gaza Friday who clubbed protesters and beat and detained journalists in a sign of rising tensions in the Gaza...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. Abbas condemned actions by Hamas security forces in Gaza Friday...   (Associated Press)
Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), wave the Palestinian flag during a rally calling for Palestinian unity in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), wave the Palestinian flag during a rally calling for Palestinian unity in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday,...   (Associated Press)
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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Fatah • Jerusalem • Ramadan

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