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Thursday, June 2, 2016
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Israel to release PFLP lawmaker after 14 months in prison
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael is set to release a prominent Palestinian lawmaker who has been in prison since August for encouraging attacks against Israel and violating a travel ban, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Thursday.
Khalida Jarrar will be set free at the Jubara checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Friday morning, the Israel Prisons Service and Palestinian Prisoners Club tell AFP.
Jarrar, a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a well-known political figure, had been sentenced by Israel to 15 months in prison.
The prisons service spokesman said she was being released a month early as part of an “administrative release,” which can take place when prisons are filled beyond capacity.
— AFP
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