Israel is to release some Palestinian prisoners as part of efforts to restart peace talks, an Israeli minister said Saturday. Yuval Steinitz, the minister for intelligence, international relations and strategic affairs, told Israel Radio that the prisoners had already spent many years behind bars, according to a report of DPA. He did not, however, say how many of them would be freed, the Israel Times reported. US Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Amman on Friday that the Israelis and Palestinians had agreed to enter peace talks starting next week in Washington.
