Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister
of Israel on 27 July 2013 announced that Israel will release 104
Palestininan Prisoners. The decision was taken as a confidence building
measure in phases, for the upcoming peace talks with the Palestinians.
The matter of releasing the prisoners, now require approval from the
Israeli Cabinet.
The Israeli Cabinet is also set to
endorse a draft bill that would submit a peace treaty with the
Palestinians for a referendum. The treaty would be ratified only after
being approved by the Government and the parliament.
The peace talks between the two nations
have been stalled since 2010 and to resume the talks, Mahmoud Abbas, the
President of Palestine has demanded freedom of the Palestinian
prisoners, who are in prisons of Israel for more than 20 years.
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