Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan responded on Tuesday evening to a letter sent by bereaved families regarding the early release of terrorists and clarified his position on the subject.

"Contrary to what may have been understood from the letter of the bereaved families, I have demanded since the Supreme Court ruling on the living space of the prisoners to distinguish between criminal prisoners and terrorists. The Ministry of Justice refused and claimed that my demand was unconstitutional, and therefore no such distinction was included in the administrative release law which is currently being discussed in the Knesset,” Erdan wrote on Twitter.


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