By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel announced on Sunday that it would release on Monday 229 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The prisoners were to have been let out last week for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday but Israel said that Palestinian officials asked for their release to be postponed until Abbas returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca and was able to personally greet the freed prisoners.
A senior Abbas aide, however, denied the president made such a request.
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