The Jerusalem Post published an article by Khaled Abu Toameh headlined "PA welcomes Israeli decision to free Palestinian prisoners, vows to work for release of all inmates."
"The Palestinian Authority on Sunday welcomed Israel’s decision to release Palestinian prisoners and vowed to continue working for the release of all inmates," the article reads.
"The PA said that Israel was releasing “political prisoners” who were imprisoned before the signing of the Oslo Accords," the author writes.
“We will continue working for the release of all our political prisoners. The Israeli Cabinet decision is an overdue step towards the implementation of the Sharm Sheikh agreement of 1999, whereby Israel committed to release all the pre-Oslo prisoners,” the author cites Chief PLO Negotiator Saeb Erekat as saying.
According to the author of the article, Erekat also called on Israel to seize the opportunity made by US Secretary of State John Kerry towards the resumption of negotiations “in order to put an end to decades of occupation and exile, and to start a new stage of justice, freedom and peace for Israel, Palestine and the rest of the region.”
