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PA demands release of all Palestinian prisoners in coming months
By Haaretz Service

Ashraf al-Ajrami, the Palestinian Authority minister for prisoners affairs, met this week with Public Security Minister Avi Dichter and demanded that all Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails be freed in the coming months, Ajrami told Army Radio on Friday.

Included in the demand, Ajrami said in the interview, would be imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for the murder of four Israelis and a Greek monk, and who senior Israeli politicians have said they would consider releasing.

Dichter refused to respond to Ajrami's statements, according to Army Radio.
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"We want the release of all the prisoners within a few months," Ajrami said in the interview.

"Dichter didn't say at the meeting that he would free Barghouti because he has a firm opinion on this matter, but we always talk about the need to free prisoners. Everything is now dependent on negotiations between the two sides," he continued.

Dichter had denied that he discussed freeing Palestinian prisoners with Ajrami, but on Friday morning, he softened his denial and said only that he was unwilling to discuss the contents of the meeting.

Ajrami is expected to visit Barghouti in jail next week.



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  1.   One more proof Israeli elite hates Israel 11:21  |  Absolute Sweden 05/10/07
  2.   this weeks comic relief! the pa demands ! 11:46  |  victor hardman 05/10/07
  3.   Hamas`s heavy hand visible here 11:46  |  Jasmine Murphy 05/10/07
  4.   Absolute Sweden reaching a new low 11:47  |  Mark B. 05/10/07
  5.   Mark N,,show you`re humane,release Theo Van Gogh murderer 11:54  |  Absolute Sweden 05/10/07
  6.   Best to reign in excessive demands... 11:56  |  Esther 05/10/07
  7.   Demands? 12:00  |  BigL 05/10/07
  8.   Response to Absolute Sweden @5 12:25  |  Mark B. 05/10/07
  9.   Mark B of Amsterdam 12:26  |  Lynn 05/10/07
  10.   Mark B., nazis are beasts. 12:32  |  akiva (zionist) 05/10/07
  11.   YOU DEMAND?? 12:32  |  Kooky Dennt 05/10/07
  12.   Mark B,a pal prisoner rejoiced when told number of children kille 12:42  |  Absolute Sweden 05/10/07
  13.   DONT ARREST TERRORISTS...KILL THEM 12:50  |  WARRIOR 05/10/07
  14.   Beasts or Humans 12:55  |  Hilda 05/10/07
  15.   Freeing terrorists 13:09  |  Brod 05/10/07
  16.   Why is Barhgouti still an issue? 13:13  |  Jack 05/10/07
  17.   gosh all golly, he demands while 13:25  |  eliezer 05/10/07
  18.   Jails dont mean a thing to Palestinians.. 13:26  |  Avi 05/10/07
  19.   #3..Jasmine Murphy 13:50  |  Nemesis 05/10/07
  20.   #6..Esther 13:52  |  Nemesis 05/10/07
  21.   Esther Chas va Chalila in TA 13:53  |  Miriam 05/10/07
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  28.   Another Palestinian Demand 15:00  |  Jeff Northridge 05/10/07
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  35.   # 6 Esther of Tel Aviv 15:39  |  Lynn 05/10/07
  36.   #27 Ibrahim 15:40  |  * BEN JABO 05/10/07
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  38.   The cyclical behaviour pattern of the Arabs of Western Palestine: 15:41  |  Uzi 05/10/07
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  40.   Ibrahim..... 15:49  |  Tess 05/10/07
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  44.   @34 BEN JABO 16:14  |  Mark B. 05/10/07
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  48.   My unprintable opinion (third attempt) 16:44  |  Nik Miller 05/10/07
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