It was a month ago that the government first voted to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Israel plans to release free 500 Palestinian prisoners next week, and an additional 400 in the coming three months.

Promised releases of Palestinian prisoners also seem likely to be put on hold until a full agreement is reached.

Israel plans to release another 400 Palestinian prisoners within the subsequent three months.

And it has accelerated the release of Palestinian political prisoners.

Many (probably most) of the Palestinian prisoners are ordinary civilians who have been held without charge for years.

They also released 250 Palestinian prisoners, more than half of them common criminals.

The demand for the release of Palestinian prisoners "is a red line which we cannot pass."

That step is not required under the plan to release Palestinian prisoners.

It can contain approximately 2,200 Palestinian prisoners, and over 3,500 during an emergency.