Israelis begin releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners


August 13, 2013 at 3:27p.m.

Israelis begin releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel began the process of releasing 26 Palestinian prisoners late today, an initial gesture on the eve of renewed Mideast negotiations. Thousands of Palestinians have spent time in Israeli prisons since Israel’s capture of the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in 1967. They were jailed on charges ranging from throwing rocks to killing civilians in bombings and other attacks