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Prime Minister Netanyahu Explains Release of Palestinian Prisoners
(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released an open letter to the citizens of Israel on July 27, prior to resuming the diplomatic process with the Palestinians. "From time to time, prime ministers are called on to make decisions that go against public opinion - when the matter is important for the country." "At the present time, it...is very important for the State of Israel to enter into a diplomatic process...both in order to exhaust the chance of ending the conflict with the Palestinians and in order to establish Israel's position in the complex international reality around us." "I did agree to release 104 Palestinians in stages after the start of the negotiations and in accordance with the circumstances of their progress. This is an incomparably difficult decision....It collides with the incomparably important value of justice." "People in positions of leadership need to choose between complex choices and sometimes the necessary decision is especially difficult when most of the public opposes it."