Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will submit an opinion today that gives legal backing to a bill to distinguish between terrorists and prisoners imprisoned for criminal offenses, according to News 2.
The bill is in response to the anger of bereaved families who opposed the possibility of shortening prison sentences for terrorists due to the High Court of Justice ruling that prisoners should be released due to overcrowding in detention facilities. The opinion is in response to the legal criticism that the distinction is contrary to international law.