[Reuters] Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not plan to free Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Mahmoud Abbas for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Israeli political sources said on Friday. The sources said Olmert did not have sufficient support in his cabinet for the move. "It does not look as though there will be anything before [Cpl. Gilad] Shalit is out," said one political source.
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