Terror victims, families aim to delay prisoner exchange claiming prisoner swap deal is 'wholesale release of murderers'
Yair Altman
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The families are seeking a delay in order to be given more time to organize a petition against their loved ones' murderers being freed. It should be noted that the full list of prisoners set to be released in the deal is only expected to be published on Sunday – two days before the exchange is expected to go ahead.
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The families have petitioned against the cabinet decision itself claiming it was "unreasonable and disproportionate" due to the "dramatic number of terrorists with blood on their hands being released, including arch-murderers sentenced to multiple life sentences for the murder of dozens of people."
Some of the petitioners at High Court (Photo: Gil Yohanan)
The petitioners also claimed that "this release is like none before it – not even in the Jibril deal – due to the mental consequences on the victims and the security threat it creates for civilians and soldiers in the future." Read the rest on: Ynet
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