High Court rejects petition calling for prisoner who sexually assaulted guards to be deported if freed in deal

Palestinian security prisoner Mahmoud Atallah is accused of sexually assaulting and raping female IDF soldiers and guards at Gilboa Prison, in a scandal that alleges the women were 'pimped' out to Palestinian inmates. (Courtesy)
Palestinian security prisoner Mahmoud Atallah is accused of sexually assaulting and raping female IDF soldiers and guards at Gilboa Prison, in a scandal that alleges the women were 'pimped' out to Palestinian inmates. (Courtesy)

The High Court rejects a petition asking for a terrorist who sexually assaulted prison guards to be deported if he is released as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal.

Former guards at Gilboa Prison said that Mahmoud Atallah sexually harassed and assaulted them on multiple occasions, with one woman saying she was repeatedly raped.

The petitioners had said that any potential danger to them had not been considered when Attallah was named for release.

An intelligence officer at the prison allegedly “pimped” female guards to Atallah and to other Palestinian inmates, at his request.

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