Terrorists who holed up in a Bethlehem church nine years ago have written a letter to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas asking to be allowed to return to Bethlehem from Gaza and Europe. In a letter, they asked their return be a matter to be brought up in direct talks between Israel and the PA. Among the 39 deported terrorists were senior figures, wanted, among other things, for firing at the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo and other Jewish communities.
The terrorists also asked for help in getting the necessary permits for family members to visit them. They asked for financial help, since one of the terms of their deportation was that they were not allowed to work.