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July 29, 2013

Mideast Peace Talks Resume After Israel OKs Prisoner Release, PA Abandons Settlement Demand 
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Israel and the Palestinian Authority are resuming direct peace talks for
the first time in three years. The two sides agreed to begin meetings in
Washington today after intense lobbying from Secretary of State John
Kerry. On the eve of the talks, Israel agreed to release 104 Palestinian
prisoners. Palestinians are returning to the negotiating table despite
Israel's rejection of the PA's lone precondition, a freeze on all
settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.

 

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