The Israeli government on Sunday (16/10), released the names of 477 Palestinian prisoners to be freed from the first stage of a prisoner exchange with Hamas party in Palestine. Although the Israelis were given the opportunity to file a legal objection, the exchange is expected to go smoothly.
Of the 477 names were announced, 27 of whom were women inmates. Local media reported, 27 women prisoners will be released as Sergeant Gilad Shalit (25), Israeli soldiers detained Hamas since June 2006, crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt's Sinai region.
After that, 450 new male prisoners would be released after Shalit Israel into Israel from Sinai. Shalit will then be flown to Tel Nof military base near Tel Aviv to regroup with his family.
In the announcement, delivered Israel Prison Service, is mentioned, as many as 131 Palestinian prisoners would be immediately repatriated to their home in the Gaza Strip, 55 prisoners to the West Bank, and Arab-Israeli six prisoners to their homes in the area Israel. A total of 55 prisoners diiizinkan again return to their homes in the West Bank with the various requirements.
However, as many as 203 prisoners from the West Bank are not allowed to return to their homes. A total of 145 prisoners may only be returned to the Palestinian territories in Gaza and 40 others were dumped into a third country. A total of 18 prisoners will stay in Gaza for three years before being allowed to return to the West Bank.
In a prisoner exchange deal, which facilitated Egypt and Germany, last week, Israel will release 1027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for exemption from Shalit. After the release of 477 prisoners of this first stage, 550 other prisoners will follow in the next two months.
This prisoner swap deal of Israelis protested in part because some prisoners who announced the names were the perpetrators of several deadly attacks against Israelis, like the bombing of a nightclub in Tel Aviv in 2001 that killed 21 people and an attack on Netanya hotel in 2002 that killed 29 people.
Israeli citizens were given 48 hours to file a legal objection, and some families of victims such attacks have included their objection to the court. However, exchange of prisoners was supposed to be running smoothly.
"Unless the Supreme Court (Israel) to intervene, or there are people in Gaza are so crazy (to cancel the agreement), it looks like this deal will run in the next two days," said Yaakov Amidror, national security adviser to the Government of Israel.
Opinion polls in Israel show, two-thirds of Israelis support this agreement. Residents in Palestine or Israel preparing to hold a celebration to welcome the release of prisoners.
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