The Israeli cabinet has voted to release some 200 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas.
The move is seen as a bid to kick-start faltering US-backed peace talks ahead of an upcoming visit to the region by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. There are currently more than 11,000 Palestinians jailed Palestinian poet Darwish dies ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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