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US Secretary of State John Kerry met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas Wednesday seeking to rescue his faltering Middle East peace bid, amid fears Israel may scrap plans to free Palestinian prisoners. He and his team then went into talks over dinner with Abbas who had just returned from the Arab League's annual summit in Kuwait. Under a July deal relaunching the peace negotiations, Israel said it would release 104 Arabs held since before the 1993 Oslo peace accords in exchange for the Palestinians not pressing their statehood claims via the UN. Israel has so far freed 78 prisoners and is due to release the fourth and final tranche on March 29, including some Arab Israelis jailed for militant attacks.
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