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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-pa-gets-serious-about-celebrating-prisoner-releases/
Palestinians Celebrate Prisoner Release with Bursts of Automatic Fire
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - At the Palestinian Authority's Muqata headquarters there were celebrations for the release of the 21 long-term Palestinian prisoners coming home to the West Bank. PA President Mahmoud Abbas escorted the men to the grave of Yasser Arafat to lay memorial flowers and from there to the balcony in view of the crowd. After the Muqata's courtyard emptied, the sound of celebratory shooting could be heard in the streets of Ramallah, at first just single shots, then bursts of automatic fire. The PA may have imposed a ban on shooting at celebrations, but not when it comes to prisoner releases.