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| Israel 'no' on prisoners 'slap in face' to peace: Palestinians |
| 2014-03-29 |
| [Al Ahram] Israel's refusal to free a final batch of Arab prisoners Saturday is another obstacle to US efforts to broker peace, a bigwig in Paleostinian president the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... 's Fatah party said. Under the deal that relaunched peace talks last July, Israel agreed to release 104 Arabs held since before the 1993 Oslo peace accords in exchange for the Paleostinians not pressing their statehood claims at the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... The prisoner release was also dependant on progress in the negotiations, of which there has so far been no sign. Until now, Israel has freed 78 prisoners in three batches but ministers had warned they would block the final release, which had been anticipated for Saturday, if the Paleostinians refused to extend the talks beyond their April 29 deadline. Jibril Rajub, a member of Fatah's central committee, told AFP Friday "the Israeli government has informed us through the American mediator that it will not abide with its commitment to release the fourth batch of Paleostinian prisoners scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 29." "Israel has refused to commit to the names that were agreed upon of prisoners held by Israel since before the 1993 Oslo agreements," Rajub said. Israeli officials refused to comment, but cabinet ministers have baulked at including Israeli Arabs among the prisoners slated for release. |
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