Israeli officials say the Fatah-affiliated militiamen to be released have agreed to cease all anti-Israel activities.
Israel has also given extraordinary permission for several exiled officials of the Palestine Liberation Organization to attend a meeting of the group?s central council.
Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres was sworn in as Israel's president on Sunday and pledged to seize the opportunity to encourage long-delayed efforts to achieve a diplomatic resolution to conflict in the Middle East.
Elder statesman Shimon Peres took office as Israel's ninth president Sunday, pledging to devote his seven-year term in the ceremonial post to his lifelong dream of Middle East peace.
Dozens of wanted Palestinian militants have made a rare pledge to halt anti-Israel attacks in a deal aimed at bolstering moderate president Mahmud Abbas in his battle for authority with Hamas, officials said on Sunday.
Israel has also given extraordinary permission for several exiled officials of the Palestine Liberation Organization to attend a meeting this week in Ramallah, in the Israeli-controlled West Bank.
Israel's elder statesman and Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres was sworn in president on Sunday, crowning an unrivaled career stretching back half a century.
Israel agreed on Sunday to stop hunting 180 wanted Fatah militants who pledge to end attacks against the Jewish state, as part of a U.S.-led effort to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Scores of Fatah militants in the West Bank have signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel in return for an Israeli promise to stop pursuing them, a Palestinian security official said Sunday.
Scores of Fatah militants in the West Bank have signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel in return for an Israeli promise to stop pursuing them, a Palestinian security official said Sunday. Left, Armed Palestinian militants from Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades, a militia linked to the Fatah movement, hold posters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.