The High Court of Justice on Sunday will be hearing a petition from the Almagor terror victims association, seeking to prevent the release of 199 terrorists and security prisoners in the latest Israeli good-will gesture to the PA (Palestinian Authority).

According to Almagor, many of those slated for release have only served a small portion of their prison sentence. An attempt to have the court issue a restraining order to temporarily block the scheduled release failed when Justice Procaccia refused to comply with the request.

Meanwhile, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) announced that preparations for the release of the prisoners are underway and on Monday, he plans to hold an official ceremony in their honor in his Ramallah office.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)