The Israeli Magistrate Court in northern city of Haifa is expected to issue Thursday its final decision over the conditional release of Sheikh Raed Salah head of the Islamic Movement within the Green Line.
Last Sunday a hearing was held to discuss a request filed by Sheikh Salah’s lawyer to release him under house arrest.
The hearing took place after completing all procedures to inspect the house where Salah will be placed in in Kafr Kanna in the Lower Galilee in northern Israel.
The court also discussed a report submitted by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) on Sheikh Salah’s behavior during his detention period.
In March the Magistrates Court preliminarily approved Salah’s conditional release but the decision was objected by the Israeli prosecutor’s office.
The “conditions” included a ban on entering Salah’s hometown of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel and other restrictions on his movement.
The Israeli police arrested Sheikh Salah from his home in the northern city of Umm al-Fahm in mid-August 2017. He was charged with 12 counts of incitement to violence and terrorism as well as supporting a banned organization in reference to the Islamic Movement.
