OLMERT TO RELEASE MORE TERRORISTS

Olmert: Israel to Release Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners; No Implementation of Agreements Until Palestinians Fight Terror - Amnon Meranda
Prime Minister Olmert told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that Israel planned to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners ahead of the Annapolis meeting. "These will not be prisoners with blood on their hands," he said.

"This time, we have agreed on a rule that will spare possible unpleasant results, if we reach an agreement that the Palestinians are unable to fulfill," Olmert said. "The innovation is that we will try to reach an understanding of all the components of the solution based on two states side-by-side, but we will not have to implement something before the implementation of the Road Map's first stage," the prime minister added. Olmert indicated that Israel would talk to the Palestinians on a variety of diplomatic and security issues, but will not implement a thing until the Palestinians fight terror. (Ynet News)