Ehud Olmert offered to release Palestinian prisoners en masse in exchange for an Israeli soldier held hostage in the Gaza Strip. In a major policy speech Monday, the Israeli prime minister followed up on a truce declared by Palestinian terrorist groups Sunday by holding out an olive branch to the Palestinian Authority.
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