Court to release controversial Islamic cleric to house arrest

The Haifa District Court orders the conditional release of a controversial Islamic cleric who has been in jail since for inciting terrorism.

Sheikh Raed Salah, a leading member of Israel’s now-outlawed Northern Branch of the Islamist Movement, was arrested in August for praising three Arab Israelis who shot dead two police officers near the Temple Mount a month before.

The court rules that Saleh will be eligible to be released to his home tomorrow pending an appeal hearing.

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