The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said there were still 11 Palestinian lawmakers in Israeli jails after the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) released on Friday MP Mohamed al-Tal.
In a statement on Saturday the commission said the IOA released MP Tal after he spent seven months in Ofer jail pointing out that Tal underwent surgery a few weeks ago after he suffered a health problem.
Among the detained lawmakers in Israeli jails according to the commission are Marwan al-Barghouthi member of Fatah’s central committee Ahmed Saadat secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Mohamed Mutair a senior Hamas official.
Israel arrested about 70 Palestinian lawmakers and administratively jailed most of them with no indictment or trial since 2002.
