Israel’s defense minister and the chief of the Shin Bet security service were to meet Tuesday to finalize a list of Palestinians prisoners to be released. The meeting between Shaul Mofaz and Avi Dichter came ahead of Wednesday’s scheduled meeting of an Israeli ministerial committee on prisoners.
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