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| Israel to free 199 jailed Palestinians on Monday |
| 2008-08-25 |
| Israel will release 199 Palestinian prisoners in the West Bank at 9:30 A.M. on Monday, as a gesture of goodwill to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The state on Sunday responded to appeals against the prisoner release by saying only the cabinet has the authority to revoke such a decision. The cabinet voted last week in favor of the release, which includes two prisoners convicted of murdering Israelis - both of whom have already spent nearly 30 years in jail - plus 197 convicted of lesser offenses, including attempted murder. The prisoners will be released on the same day U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the region for talks on the peace process. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Sheer, unadulterated idiocy. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-08-25 15:32 |
| #4 More rocket attacks, more kidnappings, more murders - those are the Palieos gestures of evilwill. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-08-25 10:46 |
| #3 Yes, he seems just "brimming" with goodwill... Following the release of 198 security prisoners Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas vowed that the thousands more inmates in Israeli jails would not be forgotten. "There will be no peace without the release of all Palestinians imprisoned in Israel," Abbas told the cheering crowd at a welcoming ceremony for the prisoners in Ramallah. "We will not rest until the prisoners are freed and the jails are empty." Ajami said it was too early to talk of what Israel would receive in exchange for Monday's goodwill gesture. I'll bet I can tell ya... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-25 09:47 |
| #2 It gets them something kinda like this: |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-08-25 08:49 |
| #1 And this get's them...what? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-08-25 08:43 |