Palestinians favour extending talks if inmates freed: poll
 

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/M5...7709e750cc.jpgA majority of Palestinians would support extending peace talks with Israel beyond an April deadline, but only in exchange for the release of additional prisoners, according to a poll published Monday. Without this condition, most Palestinians would reject extending the faltering negotiations, which have achieved ** apparent progress in the nearly nine months since US Secretary of State John Kerry brought the two sides to the table. Some 65 percent of 1,200 Palestinian adults interviewed this month by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research would support talks running to the end of the year "if Israel agrees to release more Palestinian prisoners". Israel pledged when talks began in July to release 104 veteran Palestinian prisoners in four batches, in exchange for the Palestinians refraining from pursuing legal action against the Jewish state in international courts.




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