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Arab Citizens of Israel Released in Deals With Hamas Fear a Backlash: Almost all the 15 Israeli-Arab women freed in the swaps were released against their will
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/world/middleeast/arab-citizens-israel-released-hamas-deal.html
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None of them had been convicted of a crime, and all but one opposed being released as part of the deal, preferring to defend themselves in court, according to interviews with one of the women and three lawyers involved in their cases.
But in the end, those 14 of the 15 were released against their will, the lawyers said, leaving them confused about their legal status and scared of living with the stigma of being linked to a group that most Israelis consider an abhorrent terrorist organization.
Unlike the Palestinian refugees who ended up in the West Bank, Gaza and neighboring Arab countries, this group remained in Israel and received citizenship.
While they carry Israeli passports, vote and can exercise other civil rights, many Israeli-Arabs accuse Israel of treating them as second-class citizens and sympathize with Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and around the Middle East.
One woman shared a joke about capturing a female soldier and a post that said, “Where were the people calling for humanity when we were killed?” over photos of Palestinian children, according to screenshots viewed by The New York Times.
Ms. Zoabi, the lawyer, said that Israel had long avoided allowing its Arab citizens to be represented by Palestinian groups like Hamas in such agreements and that it was not clear why the government had acted differently this time.
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