Da Ha'aretz del 08/05/2005
Originale su http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/573781.html
Israel freezes release of 400 Palestinian prisoners
di Gideon Alon, Aluf Benn
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni announced Sunday that Israel would not proceed with the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners citing the increase in Palestinian attacks against Israeli targets in recent weeks.
Livni's announcement came at the end of a meeting of the joint Israeli-Palestinian prisoner committee also attended by Ministers Gideon Ezra and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
According to members of the Israeli team, Israel views the Sharm el-sheikh agreements on the release of Palestinian prisoners as being directly linked to Palestinian crackdown on militants. Since the Palestinian Authority has hardly done anything in the matter, they said, the release of Palestinian prisoners is suspended.
PA Minister for Prisoner Affairs, Sufyan Abu Zaydeh, who headed the Palestinian team at the meeting, said that Israel should show some patience and look at the measures already taken by the PA against militants.
Abu Zaydeh also requested Israel to give priority to the release of administrative detainees, who could be released without modifying criteria for prisoner release "with no blood on their hands." The Palestinians said at the meeting that there were 1,300 such detainees in Israel, but the talks revealed that there are only 700 administrative detainees in Israeli prisons.
PM hangs prisoner release on Palestinian crackdown on terror Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel will not release any more Palestinian prisoners until the PA "fulfills its commitment to crack down on the terror organizations."
"We cannot approve any measures that ease the lives of Palestinians so long as they are not doing their part," said Sharon, during the weekly cabinet meeting.
The issue was raised during the cabinet meeting by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Dan Naveh (Likud).
"We must not release Palestinian prisoners as long [Palestinians] are firing mortar shells and shooting at Israeli civilians and Abu Mazen [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas] is doing nothing to stop it," said Netanyahu.
Livni's announcement came at the end of a meeting of the joint Israeli-Palestinian prisoner committee also attended by Ministers Gideon Ezra and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
According to members of the Israeli team, Israel views the Sharm el-sheikh agreements on the release of Palestinian prisoners as being directly linked to Palestinian crackdown on militants. Since the Palestinian Authority has hardly done anything in the matter, they said, the release of Palestinian prisoners is suspended.
PA Minister for Prisoner Affairs, Sufyan Abu Zaydeh, who headed the Palestinian team at the meeting, said that Israel should show some patience and look at the measures already taken by the PA against militants.
Abu Zaydeh also requested Israel to give priority to the release of administrative detainees, who could be released without modifying criteria for prisoner release "with no blood on their hands." The Palestinians said at the meeting that there were 1,300 such detainees in Israel, but the talks revealed that there are only 700 administrative detainees in Israeli prisons.
PM hangs prisoner release on Palestinian crackdown on terror Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said that Israel will not release any more Palestinian prisoners until the PA "fulfills its commitment to crack down on the terror organizations."
"We cannot approve any measures that ease the lives of Palestinians so long as they are not doing their part," said Sharon, during the weekly cabinet meeting.
The issue was raised during the cabinet meeting by Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Dan Naveh (Likud).
"We must not release Palestinian prisoners as long [Palestinians] are firing mortar shells and shooting at Israeli civilians and Abu Mazen [PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas] is doing nothing to stop it," said Netanyahu.
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