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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Israeli prisoner release

Israeli prisoner release stories: 6 news summaries

 Israel Releases 198 Palestinians

Freed prisoners intended to shore up Fatah PM Abbas; some in Israel fuming

Aug 25, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel today released 198 Palestinian prisoners in an effort to bolster Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, the AFP reports. The release, on the eve of a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, included two prisoners held since the late 1970s who were convicted of murdering Israelis. One of them,... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Israeli prisoner release • peace talks

Israel Releases
5 Prisoners,
200 Bodies in Hezbollah Deal

Exchanges for remains of 2 missing soldiers

Jul 16, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel released five Lebanese prisoners and nearly 200 bodies today, the New York Times reports, completing a deal with Hezbollah that netted the Jewish state the bodies of two of its captured soldiers. The most notable prisoner was Samir Kuntar, who had spent more than three decades in Israeli... More »

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 Hezbollah Returns Bodies
 of 2 Israeli Soldiers 

Corpses of servicemen who sparked 2006 war back home

Jul 16, 08 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hezbollah handed over the corpses of two slain Israeli soldiers in an exchange at the Lebanon-Israel border this morning, Reuters reports. The soldiers' capture sparked the 2006 war that killed 1,200 in Lebanon and 159 Israelis. Once the remains are identified, Israel will free five Lebanese prisoners, including one... More »

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 Israel Returns
 Hezbollah Spy 

Prisoner swap may be under way with Lebanon

Jun 1, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel returned a Hezbollah spy to Lebanon today and may have started a prisoner exchange, BBC reports. Hezbollah quickly handed over the bodies of Israeli troops killed in 2006, but officials on both sides deny a swap is under way. Secret talks clearly are, perhaps aided by German mediators; a... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Germany • Hezbollah • Israeli prisoner release • prisoner of war • Arab Israeli conflict • Hassan Nasrallah • Israeli Army

Israel Frees 250 Palestinians

Release represents support for Abbas government

Jul 20, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Both sides expressed optimism as Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners today, a sign of support for Mahmoud Abbas' government in its struggle with Hamas. Most of the prisoners were Fatah members, the AP reports; in keeping with the country's policy not to release prisoners incarcerated for killing or... More »

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Israel to Free Fatah Prisoners

Another move to appeal to 'moderate'
Palestinians

Jul 8, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Following up on a pledge to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said his country would release 250 Palestinian prisoners, Reuters reports. Olmert said Israelis would use "any means...to reinforce moderate elements in the Palestinian Authority." The move is part of an effort by the... More »

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