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Israel announces mass prisoner release

jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
edited June 2007 in A Moving Train
yea yea yea. we all know the issue with land occupation. to me, it looks as if Israel will try to work towards some agreement with the Palestinian people, namely fatah and abbas. simply because they are not calling for the destruction of Israel. Hamas is part of the problem, not solution.


SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday he will release 250 Fatah members from Israeli prisons in a goodwill gesture aimed at strengthening Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas' victory in Gaza.


Olmert announced the prisoner release at a summit with Abbas and the leaders of Egypt and Jordan that the Arabs and Palestinians are hoping can push forward the peace process and strengthen Abbas' hand.

"As a gesture of good will towards the Palestinians, I will bring before the Israeli Cabinet a proposal to free 250 Fatah prisoners who do not have blood on their hands, after they sign a commitment not to return to violence," Olmert told the gathering.

Ahead of the gathering in this Red Sea resort, a series of messages released by militants underlined Gaza's turmoil.

Hamas-linked militants holding an Israeli soldier for the past year released an audiotape of him urging Israel to strike a deal for his release. A British journalist kidnapped in Gaza appeared in a video wearing an explosives belt that his captors threatened to detonate if security forces try to free him. And al-Qaida's deputy leader tried to woo Hamas into an alliance and called on Muslims to attack American and Israeli interests in support of the group.

In his speech, Olmert also promised to "improve freedom of movement of the Palestinian population in the West Bank substatinally" and reopen trade ties with the territory, saying he wanted to show the Palestinians that "choosing the path of no terror or violence the way of peace and dialogue will bring a better, more comfortable, more peaceful life."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_summit
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  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Aren't you going to put the story up where Hamas told A-q to get lost? Or the Army of Islam who have the British guy strapped up are in with A-q. Wow that story is way off the mark. But thanks for posting.
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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    even flow? wrote:
    Aren't you going to put the story up where Hamas told A-q to get lost? Or the Army of Islam who have the British guy strapped up are in with A-q. Wow that story is way off the mark. But thanks for posting.
    what the hell are you talking about? how is this story "way off the mark" ?
  • RushlimboRushlimbo Posts: 832
    jlew24asu wrote:
    yea yea yea. we all know the issue with land occupation. to me, it looks as if Israel will try to work towards some agreement with the Palestinian people, namely fatah and abbas. simply because they are not calling for the destruction of Israel. Hamas is part of the problem, not solution.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_summit

    Or they make Fatah look like they are lapdogs of Israel and turn more towards Hamas, keeping the violent cycle going like those in power in Israel want. I think my explanation is more plausible.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    I just hope they didn't torture any of these guys... because I think that if you got tortured for information you did not posses, when you get out, you're going to be pretty pissed and looking for payback.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    I wonder if it will be like....OK you got 10 seconds start running bitches....

    ready...aim....fire!
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Mass prisoners?
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  • Bu2Bu2 Posts: 1,693
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Mass prisoners?

    that Romney tried to keep quiet in Massachusetts. Those same ones.
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