[IMRA: Paradoxically, at the same time that Mr. Sharon releases "activists"
(an "activist" is not someone who organizes bake sales - it is someone who
plants bombs and shoots to murder people) who support Abbas, Abbas says for
the record that if he doesn't get what he wants by talk the Palestinians
will return to terror]

Israel to free jailed Palestinians with 'blood on their hands'
By Aluf Benn and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents 31 May 2005
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/582316.html

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has instructed Justice Minister Tzipi Livni to
prepare for the release of veteran Palestinian prisoners who have "blood on
their hands." The prisoners have been jailed since before the 1993 Oslo
accords and are elderly and in poor health.

Sharon informed the cabinet of this Sunday before it approved the release of
400 security prisoners, mainly those jailed for minor offenses. He will
inform Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of the decision - which
is in accordance with commitments made at February's Sharm el-Sheikh
summit - when they meet next week.

The PA has placed great importance on the release of veteran prisoners -
Fatah activists who support Abbas and have influence in the territories.
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