Israel to release 104 Palestinian prisoners

[oberliner]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will free 104 Palestinian prisoners to coincide with the resumption of long-stalled peace talks.

"I agreed to free 104 Palestinians in stages, after the start of negotiations and according to progress," he wrote on his official Facebook page on Saturday evening.

Israel's cabinet is expected to tackle the issue on Sunday, and decide whether to allow the release of 104 Palestinians currently in Israeli jails.

Seeking to assuage public qualms about freeing prisoners many of whom were convicted of killing Israelis, Netanyahu issued a statement on Saturday urging the support of Israelis for what he called a "very painful decision".

"Prime ministers must from time to time make decisions that go against public opinion, when it is important for the country to do so," Netanyahu said.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/07/2013727181833817653.html

[Eugene]

1. Israel Agrees to Prisoner Release, Clearing Way for Talks

Source: New York Times

Israel Agrees to Prisoner Release, Clearing Way for Talks

By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: July 28, 2013

JERUSALEM — The Israeli cabinet cleared the last obstacle to resuming peace talks with the Palestinians by voting on Sunday to approve the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners.

The prisoner release is an unpopular move with many Israelis, but one that the Palestinian leadership has insisted upon. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked over the weekend to convince Israelis that a resumption of the peace process was a vital Israeli interest. After hours of deliberations on Sunday, 13 ministers voted in favor, 7 opposed the release and 2 abstained.

The prisoners, most of whom have served at least 20 years for deadly attacks on Israelis, are to be released in batches depending on progress in the talks.

“This moment is not easy for me,” Mr. Netanyahu said, according to a statement from his office. “It is not easy for the ministers. It is not easy especially for the families, the bereaved families, whose heart I understand. But there are moments in which tough decisions must be made for the good of the country, and this is one of those moments.”

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/world/middleeast/israel-agrees-to-prisoner-release-clearing-way-for-talks.html

[azurnoir]

2. The list details each prisoner's name, year of arrest, and place of origin.

1. Karim Yousef Fadel Younis - 1983 - Israel
2. Maher Abed al-Latif Younis - 1983 - Israel
3. Issa Nemr Jebril Abed Rabu - 1984 - Bethlehem
4. Ahmad Farid Mohammad Shihada - 1985 - Ramallah
5. Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Naser - 1985 - Ramallah
6. Rafi Farhud Mohammad Karaja - 1985 - Ramallah
7. Mustafa Amer Mohammad Ghniemat - 1985 - Hebron
8. Ziyad Mahmud Mohammad Ghniemat - 1985 - Hebron
9. Othman Abdullah Mahmud Bani Hassan - 1985 - Jenin
10. Haza Mohammad Haza Saedi - 1985 - Jenin
11. Mohammad Ahmad Abed al-Hamid al-Tus - 1985 - Hebron
12. Fayez Mtawe Hamad al-Khur - 1985 - Gaza
13. Mohammad Musbah Khalil Ashur - 1986 - Jerusalem
14. Ibrahim Nayef Hamdan Abu Mukh - 1986 - Israel
15. Rushdi Hamdan Mohammad Abu Mukh - 1986 - Israel
16. Walid Nemr Asaad Daqa - 1986 - Israel
17. Ibrahim Abed al-Razaq Ahmad Bayadsa - 1986 - Israel
18. Ahmad Ali Hussein Abu Jaber - 1986 - Israel
19. Afu Musbah Nufal Shuqaier - 1986 - Salfit
20. Samir Ibrahim Mahmud Abu Nema - 1986 - Jerusalem
21. Mohammad Adel Hassan Dawod - 1987 - Qalqiliya
22. Yassin Mohammad Yassin Abu Khdeir - 1987 - Jerusalem
23. Bashir Abdullah Kamel al-Khatib - 1988 - Israel
24. Mahmud Othman Ibrahim Jabarin - 1988 - Israel
25. Jum’a Ibrahim Juma Adam - 1988 - Ramallah
26. Mahmud Salim Suliman Abu Khraesh - Jericho
27. Samir Saleh Taha Sarsawi - 1988 - Israel
28. Bilal Ahmad Yousef Abu Hussein - 1988 - Jerusalem
29. Ibrahim Lutfi Helmi Taqtouq - 1989 - Nablus
30. Samir Nayef Abed al-Ghafar al-Nanish - 1989 - Nablus
31. Bilal Ibrahim Mustafa Damra - 1989 - Salfit
32. Mustafa Othman Omar al-Hajj - 1989 - Salfit
33. Nehad Yousef Radwan Jundiya - 1989 -Gaza
34. Mohamad Mahmud Awad Hamdiya -1989 - Gaza
35. Raed Mohammad Sharif al-Sadi - 1989 - Jenin
36. Najeh Mohammad Badwi Muqbel -1990 - Hebron
37. Mohamad Jaber Yousef Nashbat -1990 - Gaza
38. Ahmad Saed Mohammad al-Damouni - 1990 - Gaza
39. Mohammad Abed al-Majid Sawalha - 1990 - Nablus
40. Hussni Fargh Ahmad Sawalha - 1990 - Nablus
41. Mohammad Ahmad Mahmud al-Sabagh - 1991 - Jenin
42. Khalid Dawod Ahmad Rizeq - 1991 - Bethlehem
43. Mukhles Sedqi Abed al-Razaq Sawafta - 1991 - Jenin
44. Faris Ahmad Mohammad Barud - 1991 - Gaza
45. Khalid Mohammad Ahmad Asakra - 1991 - Bethlehem
46. Faysal Mustafa Mahmud Abu al-Rub - 1991 - Jenin
47. Jamal Khalid Ibrahim Abu Mihsen - 1991 - Tubas
48. Abed al-Rahman Yousef Mahmud al-Hajj - 1992 - Qalqiliya
49. Mahmud Atta Mahmud Moamar - 1992 - Bethlehem
50. Ibrahim Hassan Mahmud Ighbariya - 1992 - Israel
51. Mohammad Saeed Hassan Ighbariya - 1992 - Israel
52. Yahya Mustafa Mohammad Ighbariya -1992 - Israel
53. Mohammad Tawfiq Suliman Jabarin - 1992 - Israel
54. Noman Yousef Ahmad Shalabi - 1992 - Jenin
55. Adnan Mohammad Yousef al-Afandi - 1992 - Bethlehem
56. Sharif Hassan Atiq Abu Dhaileh - 1992 - Nablus
57. Moayad Salim Mahmoud Hijjeh - 1992 - Nablus
58. Faraj Saleh Abdullah Al-Rimahi - 1992 - Gaza
59. Asrar Mustafa Kalib Samrine - 1992 - Al-Bireh
60. Mousa Izzat Mousa Qaraan - 1992 - Al-Bireh
61. Diyaa Zakariya Shaker al-Falouji - 1992 - Gaza
62. Osama Zakariya Wadee Abu Hinani - 1992 - Jenin
63. Mohammad Yousef Sulaiman Tarkaman - 1992 - Jenin
64. Ahmad Jumaa Mustafa Khalaf - 1992 - Jerusalem
65. Mohammad Fawzi Salameh Filna - 1992 - Ramallah
66. Jameel Abdul Wahab Jamal Al-Natsheh - 1992 - Hebron
67. Nasser Hannas Abdul Hameed Abu Srour - 1993 - Bethlehem
68. Mahmoud Jameel Hassan Abu Srour - 1993 - Bethlehem
69. Taher Mohammad Taher Zyoud - 1993 - Jenin
70. Ahmad Saed Qassem Abdul Aziz - 1993 - Jenin
71. Osama Khaled Kamel Silawi - 1993 - Jenin
72. Yousef Abdul Hameed Irshid - 1993 - Jenin
73. Atef Izzat Shaaban Shaath - 1993 - Gaza
74. Mohammad Noufel Mohammad Daajneh - 1993 - Ramallah
75. Mohammad Mustaa Ahmad Affana - 1993 - Ramallah
76. Ramdan Mohammad Oudeh Yacoub - 1993 - Ramallah
77. Ayman Mohammad Anees Jaradan - 1993 -Jenin
78. Omar Issa Rajab Masoud - 1993 - Gaza
79. Yousef Awwad Mohammad Masalhiyeh - 1993 - Gaza
80. Mohammad Musa Issa Issa - 1993 - Jerusalem
81. Riziq Ali Khader Salah - 1993 - Bethlehem
82. Salah Mahmoud Zayed Muqalad - 1993 Gaza
83. Nael Rafiq Ibrahim Salhab - 1993 Gaza
84. Ahmad Awad Ali Kamel - 1993 - Jenin
85. Salameh Abdullah Salameh Musleh - 1993 - Gaza
86. Ismat Omar Abdul Hafeez Mansour - 1993 - Ramallah
87. Miqdad Ibrahim Ahmad Salah -1993 - Nablus
88. Sameer Hussain Ghanem Murtaja - 1993 - Gaza
89. Saed Rushdi Mohammad A-Tamimi - 1993 - Ramallah
90. Mohammad Yousef Abdul Jawad Shamasneh - 1993 - Jerusalem
91. Jawad Yousef Jawad Shamasneh - 1993 - Jerusalem
92. Aladdin Fahmi Fahd al-Karaki - 1993 - Hebron
93. Nasser Fawzi Mustafa Barham - 1993 - Tulkarem
94. Hilmi Hamad Obaid al-Amawi - 1994 - Gaza
95. Aladdin Ahmad Saed Abu Sitteh - 1994 - Gaza
96. Midhat Fayez Rajab Barbakh - 1994 - Gaza
97. Ayman Taleb Mohammad Abu Sitteh - 1994 - Gaza
98. Yousef Saed Oudeh Abdul - 1994 - Gaza
99. Atiyeh Salem Ali Abu Mousa - 1994 - Gaza
100. Hazem Qassem Taher Shabir - 1994 - Gaza
101. Ali Ibrahime Salem Al-Raei - 1994 - Gaza
102. Mahmoud Mohammad Radwan Salman - 1994 - Gaza
103. Rami Jawdat Zaki Barbakh - 1994 - Gaza
104. Ibrahim Mohammad Radwan Salamn - 1994 - Gaza

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=617421

[oberliner]

3. What is the point of posting that?

Are you familiar with any of the names?

[azurnoir]

4. so you posted the article but have a problem with the names and arrest dates of those

supposedly to be released being posted? - interesting indeed

[oberliner]

5. The article was informative

The list of names - not so much.

Unless you have information about some of the names on that list.

Do you?

[azurnoir]

6. again what diffeence does it make? most of these pisoners have been out of ciculation

for at 20-30 years, I really do not understand why you seem unhappy about the information being posted, it doesn't refute your OP in any way, but rather adds detail

[oberliner]

7. It's a very long list

It takes up a lot of space on this thread. It adds no useful detail - unless you can provide more information about any of the names on the list.

Can you do so?

[azurnoir]

8. well that is you opinion a list of those being eleased along with their arrest dates

does add information not to mention perspective perhaps you would rather this was left to mystery and kept hidden for some reason but I really do not understand, do you always complain about the length of posts o only those you deem no matter how on subject they are-unsuitable?

[oberliner]

9. No, it isn't. It's a fact

Can you provide any information about any of the people on the list? (Third time asked - assuming answer is no. Begs question - why did you post it?)

[azurnoir]

10. I posted the list to add infomation period

and some perspective as to how long some of these prisoners have been held. the names will become important if and when any of them are released

you seem to make a deal of the fact that none of the names are immediately familiar or household names, few names are after 30 years incarceration though, unless the trials were front page news on an international basis

and you fail to give good reason why these dates and names should remain hidden from public view other than they were previously unknown, is there some reason you wish it to stay that way?

[oberliner]

11. What did they do?

Why were they put in jail?

Can you provide any information on any of them in that regard?

[azurnoir]

12. no I can not can you? why are you so upset that these names being revealed?

why do you seem to think that the names and or length of time they have been incarcerated should be kept in secrecy?

As I stated previously I posted a list of the names and time served of the prisoners you posted an article about being released

[oberliner]

13. Yes, of course I can

I'm not upset about these names being "revealed" - I am wondering why you posted the entire list on this thread and not, say, a link to the list. As it stands, it is huge and takes up most of the thread space.

The first two names on the list are the cousins who kidnapped and killed Avraham Bromberg in 1981. They both confessed and were sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison. I believe Hamas originally wanted to include them in the Shalit exchange but ended up not doing so.

[azurnoir]

14. lol thanks given 51/2 hours Google can be anyone's friend :)

so the supposed basis of your original complaint is solved thanks

[oberliner]

15. That's a great quote - fits your approach to this board

You seem to think Google and Wikipedia are the only sources of knowledge in the world.

Do you not actually follow events related to this conflict? Just look things up and cut and paste?

Some of us have a different approach.