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Israel Prepares to Release Palestinian Prisoners

HeadlineAug 04, 2003

Israel has released the names of about 350 Palestinian prisoners it plans to release later this week. Israelis will be given a two-day period to review the list and can ask that certain Palestinians not be freed. Originally news reports said Israel would release about 600 prisoners but the number has been cut almost in half. All told Israel is detaining about 6,000 Palestinians.

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