[caption id="attachment_92938" align="alignright" width="180"] Palestinian inmates at Israels notorious Megiddo Prison (file photo)[/caption] The Palestinian Ministry of Detainees and Ex-detainees Affairs says 5,000 Palestinian inmates remain in Israeli prisons. Out of the 5,000 inmates 476 are sentenced to life imprisonment, according to the ministry ...

Relatives and Palestinian leaders celebrated early Tuesday after Israel released a third group of prisoners as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to return to the region to boost faltering negotiations between the two sides. Twenty-six prisoners were released in total, the majority into Palestinian territory in the West Bank. The prisoners ...

A hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner has been released from an Israeli prison after he agreed to halt the lengthy strike that almost killed him. Samer al-Issawi, who has been in prison since July 2012, was released from Shata prison on Monday. Issawi began a 260-day hunger strike in August 2012. His strike was reportedly in protest to his administrative ...

Palestinians say they are skeptical about an Israeli move to set free a number of Palestinian prisoners ahead of renewed negotiations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel,Press TVreports. Israel says on Tuesday that it will release 26 out of 104 prisoners who have been decided to be released in four tranches over a period of nine months....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Monday published the names of 26 Palestinian prisoners, most of them jailed for deadly attacks, who are to be released this week as part of a U.S.-brokered deal that led to a resumption of Mideast negotiations. Israelis and Palestinians are to launch talks in Jerusalem on Wednesday, following a preparatory round two weeks ...

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat says Israel will free the first of four groups of long-held Palestinian prisoners next week as part of the deal to resume the peace talks for the first time in three years. Erakat said in a statement that 26 men will be released August 13. Israeli negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, has said the release ...

The long-awaited peace talks between Israel and Palestine are set to restart on Monday evening, after the Israeli government agreed Sunday to set 104 Palestinian prisoners free, the White House has confirmed. The release of Palestinian inmates has been one of the major roadblocks to the peace talks that are expected to follow months of US shuttle ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek cabinet approval on Sunday for a contentious release of 104 veteran Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners, to coincide with the resumption of peace talks. While the names of the prisoners have yet to be officially published, or even revealed to ministers, they reportedly include militants convicted ...