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Al-Manar
"01/06/2008 Nassim Nisr has arrived home.
The Lebanese detainee in Israeli jails since 6 years was released Sunday morning from the Nitzan (Ramle) Prison in Ramallah, in the framework of a swap deal between Hezbollah and Israel.......
Nassim Nisr took the stand after Hezbollah's official in the south and greeted all of Lebanon and in particular Sayyed Nasrallah and Hezbollah. "It will not be long before the Lebanese detainees in Israeli jails return home," Nisr said.
Nisr is a former Jew who converted to Islam moved to Israel from Lebanon and was sentenced to six years in prison in 2002 after he was convicted of providing information to Hezbollah.
His prison term has recently ended, but the Israeli security establishment considered holding onto him as a bargaining chip in the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah – and he has been held under administrative arrest at the Nitzan Detention Center.
Earlier this week, Nisr's attorney Smadar Ben-Natan said that “the timing of the release is not coincidental. Israel could have transferred him to Lebanon a few weeks ago, but the procedure has been delayed in order to be perceived as an Israeli gesture.”
Earlier this week, Nisr's family in Lebanon said he had called them to inform them of his imminent release.
Al-Manar
"01/06/2008 Nassim Nisr has arrived home.
The Lebanese detainee in Israeli jails since 6 years was released Sunday morning from the Nitzan (Ramle) Prison in Ramallah, in the framework of a swap deal between Hezbollah and Israel.......
Nassim Nisr took the stand after Hezbollah's official in the south and greeted all of Lebanon and in particular Sayyed Nasrallah and Hezbollah. "It will not be long before the Lebanese detainees in Israeli jails return home," Nisr said.
Nisr is a former Jew who converted to Islam moved to Israel from Lebanon and was sentenced to six years in prison in 2002 after he was convicted of providing information to Hezbollah.
His prison term has recently ended, but the Israeli security establishment considered holding onto him as a bargaining chip in the indirect negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah – and he has been held under administrative arrest at the Nitzan Detention Center.
Earlier this week, Nisr's attorney Smadar Ben-Natan said that “the timing of the release is not coincidental. Israel could have transferred him to Lebanon a few weeks ago, but the procedure has been delayed in order to be perceived as an Israeli gesture.”
Earlier this week, Nisr's family in Lebanon said he had called them to inform them of his imminent release.
Nisr left Lebanon during the Israeli invasion of 1982 and joined his mother's family in Israel, where he settled near Tel Aviv. Nisr's brother Mohammed said Nessim had told him in a phone call a month ago that "his jailers had placed him in solitary confinement in a bid to persuade him to abandon his plans to return to Lebanon with his two daughters, who are Israeli citizens."
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