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Released murderers honored at ceremony attended by Bethlehem governor

Headline: “Alrowwad marked the anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s Martyrdom death and honored Bethlehem’s released prisoners”
     “The Alrowwad Cultural & Theatre Society held yesterday [Nov. 18, 2013] the Free Men’s Keffiyeh ceremony to mark the ninth anniversary of commander Yasser Arafat’s Martyrdom death and to honor the district’s released prisoners. The ceremony was attended by District Governor of Bethlehem Abd Al-Fattah Hamayel, representatives from the Aida refugee camp’s popular council, representatives from the national forces, released prisoners Khaled Al-Azraq, Issa Abd Rabbo, Rizq Salah and Khaled Asakra, respected dignitaries and journalists as well as residents from the Aida refugee camp…
The ceremony was concluded by honoring the released prisoners.”

Notes: Khaled Al-Azraq placed an explosive device in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open market on May 28, 1990. The bomb killed 71 year-old Shimon Cohen and injured 9. Al-Azraq was serving a life sentence in prison, but was released in October 2013 as one of the 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Rizq Salah killed Israeli soldier Guy Friedman and injured two others with a bomb in Bethlehem in 1990. He was arrested in 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison, but was released in October 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Khaled Asakra – a Fatah member who murdered 64-year-old French tourist Annie Ley (April 29, 1991). He was serving a life sentence, but was released in August 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.
Issa Abd Rabbo was serving two life sentences for killing two Israeli university students, Ron Levi and Revital Seri, who were hiking south of Jerusalem on Oct. 22, 1984. At gun point he tied them up, put bags over their heads and then shot and murdered both. He was released in October 2013 as one of 104 terrorists whom Israel agreed to release to fulfill the PA's precondition for renewing negotiations.

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