Israeli court releases Palestinian Islamic leader to house arrest, forbids him from accessing internet
HAIFA, Monday, May 24, 2021 (WAFA) - Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel said Haifa Magistrates Court ordered the release of Sheikh Kamal al-Khateb, who was arrested by Israeli police special forces 10 days earlier in a violent raid on his hometown of Kufr Qanna that left dozens of local Palestinian residents wounded, some of them seriously.
At today s hearing, Israeli police requested that Khatib s detention be extended in order to obtain permission from the Israeli attorney general to file an indictment for incitement offenses.