Israel’s parliament the Knesset on Monday approved in its first reading a bill prohibiting the early release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
According to Israel’s Channel 7 the bill was submitted by MK Oded Forer (Yisrael Beiteinu) and received a majority vote from 57 members of the Knesset.
The bill calls for the prevention of conditional release for any Palestinian convicted of murder or attempted murder of any Jewish citizen or reduction of a third of the sentence issued against such convict.
