NOTIFICATION IN RESPECT TO THE RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS (RESIDENTS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA).

On July 17 2007, the Ministerial Committee appointed on July 8 2007   by the Government of Israel decided to reduce the sentence of 256 Palestinian prisoners whose names appear on the attached list.

The Government's decision was reached following the meeting of the Coordinating Committee, headed by the Director-General of the Ministry of Justice which included representatives of all the relevant  authorities connected with the matter (General Security Service , Israel Defense Force , Israel Prison Service and Ministry of Justice ) who examined the  suitability of the Palestinian Prisoners to the criteria fixed by  Government Decision No. 606 dating from 27 July 2003 and after the Committee Dealing with the Release of the Palestinian prisoners confirmed the lists individually .

In accordance with the decision of the Government, the list doesn't include prisoners with "blood on their hands ". 61 prisoners have served more than two thirds of their sentence, 93 prisoners  have served over a half but less than two thirds of their sentence  and 102 prisoners  have served over a third but less than half of their sentence .

It should be noted that the decision in respect to the prisoners release was conditional to the agreement of the relevant authorities and after considering any objections that were raised.

For Inquires or further information please contact the Department of Pardons at the Ministry of Justice – Tel : 02-6466801/2/3/4/ between 08:30-16:00.