* Israel says ** automatic commitment to release prisoners * Group of around two dozen due to go free later this month * Palestinians tell Israel to ho**ur original accord (Adds Palestinian comment) By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM, March 18 (Reuters) - Israel told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday it might **t carry out a final stage of a Palestinian prisoner release unless he commits to prolonging peace talks beyond an April deadline for a deal. Israel's chief negotiator, Tzipi Livni, issued her warning just a day after Abbas, at a White House meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama aimed at keeping the talks alive, voiced hope the prisoners would go free by March 29. "There was never any automatic commitment to release prisoners unrelated to making progress in negotiations," Livni said in a speech in southern Israel that could complicate Washington's efforts to salvage peacemaking.
03-25-2014, 01:07 AM
Israel says might **t carry out Palestinian prisoner release
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