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The move by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, announced Saturday evening by PA officials, would follow the removal last month of 178 members of Abbas's Fatah faction from Israel's wanted list, in addition to the release of more than 250 PA terrorists from Israeli jails.  Israeli officials maintained at the time that none had "blood on their hands."

According to PA officials, the terrorists who received amnesty this weekend allegedly were not guilty of direct involvement in the murder of Jews, but in some cases did participate in planning terror operations that led to the killings.

Among those released in the previous amnesty deal were senior members of the Fatah-sponsored Al Aksa  Martyrs Brigades terrorist organization which has been responsible for a majority of murderous attacks against Israel.

As before, those who received amnesty were required to hand in their weapons and renounce violence. "The wanted Palestinians mentioned in the list are to surrender their weapons to Palestinian security departments and sign documents and signs documents saying they will not launch on attacks on Israel," said PA Preventive Security Forces chief Akram Rajoub. Israeli officials would not confirm or deny the report.

According to a report by World Net Daily, most of those who previously were granted amnesty reneged on their end of the deal by not turning in their weapons. Many did not even sign the amnesty contracts binding them to the conditions under which Israel would abandon its efforts to find and arrest them for their crimes.