(Ha'aretz) Gideon Alon, Mazal Mualem, and Amos Harel - Diplomatic sources accompanying Prime Minister Sharon to Washington said Israel was planning to release 540 Palestinian prisoners in the coming week, including 210 from Hamas and Islamic Jihad and 210 from Fatah. Security officials told the cabinet Sunday that the Palestinian public is internalizing the benefits of a more peaceful existence and there have been far fewer terror alerts recently.
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