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Jewish terror victims group to petition Israel High Court against prisoner exchange

The High Court of Justice will hear a petition by a terror victims organization against the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit. The petition is to be submitted early next week, only after Israel officially releases the names of prisoners to be included in the first stage of the swap.

Individual families of terror victims may also submit petitions, in addition to that of the Almagor Terror Victims Association.

"This is not a political decision, but a philosophical one. This deal empties the justice system of content in the name of values the prime minister considers are more important," Almagor's chairman, Meir Indor, told Haaretz Thursday.

The 477 names will be released on Sunday at the latest, the Justice Ministry said Wednesday.

High Court approval of the petitions against the release, or the refusal of President Shimon Peres to pardon them, could thwart implementation of the exchange deal. However, in the past the courts have turned down petitions by families seeking to prevent the en masse release of prisoners, and presidents have rubber-stamped such releases.


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