Friday, September 18, 2009

Former Al-Aqsa fighters granted amnesty by Israel

Published yesterday (updated) 18/09/2009 22:59


 
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Nablus – Ma’an Exclusive - Thirty former Al-Aqsa fighters with Fatah’s armed wing will be partially or fully pardoned Friday by Israeli military personnel, informed Palestinian sources confirmed.

Most of those set for pardon will be released from the Juneid prison west of Nablus. The former fighters voluntarily joined an amnesty program where they signed an agreement swearing off armed struggle against Israel and handed in their weapons in exchange for a promise from Israel that they would no longer be pursued.

The names will be announced officially after consultation with a US mediator, but preliminary names are released below. Of the 30, 10 were partially pardoned, 11 can sleep at their houses but must check in at PA headquarters according to a schedule, 7 are still under probation before being totally pardoned and 2 are totally pardoned.


1 - Alaa Nabil Ekob
2 - Salah Shaher As-Saka
3 - Nafez Mohamed Abdel-Hamid
4 - Hassan Ali Hassan Adas
5 – Muhammad Saber Marshoud
6 - Hosni As-Salaj
7 – Hassan Araisheh
8 – Mu’tasim Abdel-Gawad
9 - Hani Halawa
10 - Ghassan Abu Ar-Rish

Those who can sleep in their homes are:

11 - Amjad Anbatawi
12 - Maher Al-Fares
13 - Napoleon Abdo
14 - Mehdi Ekob
15 - Louay Aklik
16 - Omar Ekob
17 - Annan Sobh
18 - Shaukat Ba’arh
19 - Allam Ar-Ra’y
20 - Fahmi Raihan
21 - Ammar Ekob

Those with a semi pardon:

23 - Muhammad Al-Khalili
24 - Mahdi Abu-Ghazaleh
25 - Mohammed Jamil As-Sadr
26 - Siyam Kandil
27 - Ragheb Kaddoumi
28 - Fouad Al-Masri

Those fully pardoned include:

29 – Mu’tasem Abul Rabb
30 - Saber Al-Massimi

Two additional Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine member, Bilal Al-Ahmar and Ahmed Al-Mansi, received pardons as well but it was not clear what kind of pardon it would be.