#EU urges #Israel to release #Palestinian_prisoners
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An #European_Union parliamentary delegation on Thursday urged Israel to release long-term Palestinian prisoners. “We believe that the release of prisoners... is central to the peace process,” said Emer Costello, who headed the EU delegation on a three-day fact-finding mission on Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. The visit of four EU MPs came as Israel was mulling whether or not to release a final batch of long-term Palestinian prisoners under its commitments to US-brokered peace talks. read more