In Ramallah on Thursday, November 30, after the release of Palestinians detained by Israel. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
A conditional form of freedom. Of the 110 Palestinian detainees released from Ofer prison last Thursday, 66 were sent to the occupied West Bank, 14 to annexed East Jerusalem, and nine to Gaza, while 21 were expelled to a third country, according to Amin Chouman, head of the committee overseeing Palestinian prisoners' affairs in Ramallah. This differential treatment raises concerns, particularly given the uncertain future of these former detainees, freed as part of the truce agreement reached on Jan. 15 between Hamas and Israel. Read more Is Trump pushing for an Israeli resettlement plan in the Gaza Strip? In the first prisoner exchange on Saturday, Jan. 25, of the 200 Palestinian detainees released in exchange for four Israeli female soldiers, 70 had already been expelled from Palestinian territories. Experts remain divided. While...
A conditional form of freedom. Of the 110 Palestinian detainees released from Ofer prison last Thursday, 66 were sent to the occupied West Bank, 14 to annexed East Jerusalem, and nine to Gaza, while 21 were expelled to a third country, according to Amin Chouman, head of the committee overseeing Palestinian prisoners' affairs in Ramallah. This differential treatment raises concerns, particularly given the uncertain future of these former detainees, freed as part of the truce agreement reached on Jan. 15 between Hamas and Israel. Read more Is Trump pushing for an Israeli resettlement plan in the Gaza Strip? In the first prisoner exchange on Saturday, Jan. 25, of the 200 Palestinian detainees released in exchange for four Israeli female soldiers, 70 had already been expelled from Palestinian territories. Experts remain divided. While...