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Knesset Bans Lawmakers from Visiting Security Prisoners


(Times of Israel) The Knesset House Committee on Tuesday issued a blanket ban on Knesset members visiting security prisoners after the Israel Security Agency recommended the ban. The move came in the wake of allegations that MK Basel Ghattas (Joint List) smuggled cellphones and coded intelligence information to Palestinian prisoners at Ketziot Prison south of Beersheba. Ghattas met Sunday with two Palestinian security prisoners at Ketziot.
2016-12-21 00:00:00
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