61. Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights groups have complained of mistreatment of detainees in Palestinian jails. 62. Israeli troops have snatched a former Palestinian vigilante who was serving time in a Palestinian jail for kidnapping two Israeli border policemen, officials said Wednesday. 63. Israel also claims Arafat has released some prisoners previously held in Palestinian jails for attacking Israelis, and wants them back in prison. 64. Israeli airstrikes have destroyed Palestinian jails and prisons, prompting Palestinian security officials to release prisoners they say they cannot protect. 65. Israeli media have said the document gives the United States the right to veto releases of Islamic militants from Palestinian jails. 66. Larry Schwartz, spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, said officials visited Palestinian jails this month and verified the incarceration of five suspects. 67. Mahmoud Zahhar, freed two days ago after more than three months in Palestinian jail, told the Associated Press the group was debating the idea. 68. Mohammed Abu Wardeh said he was recruited at the college himself, by another student now in a Palestinian jail. 69. Nine were prisoners being held in Palestinian jails. 70. Netanyahu cited as an example the recent release of Ibrahim Maqadmeh, a leader of the Hamas military wing, from a Palestinian jail. |