11.   A major issue in dispute concerns the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.

12.   Abu Hadid spent about seven years in Israeli jails and now limps badly.

13.   But Palestinian frustrations have been running high for months as peace talks have stalled, and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike.

14.   Each man rose from obscurity to be a street-fighting leader in the first intifada, and each endured years in Israeli jails, learning Hebrew.

15.   For weeks, there have been Palestinian protests and marches seeking the release of political prisoners from Israeli jails.

16.   He also deplored the continued detention of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

17.   Hamas accused Israel of assassinating Iweiwi, who had spent several years in Israeli jails.

18.   He has been imprisoned in an Israeli jail since mid-April accused of terrorism.

19.   He served as head of the Palestinian Artists League, was on the payroll of the Palestine Liberation Organization and did several short stints in Israeli jails.

20.   He singled out the slow rate of release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.