PRISONERS FREED DESPITE COURT CHALLENGE Israel's Supreme Court has given the go-ahead to plans to free 26 Palestinian prisoners, rejecting a challenge by an opposition group.
The 26 were freed under the terms of Israel's latest peace deal with the PLO
The release went ahead after a delay for a court challenge by a group opposed to the release of activists jailed for violence against Israelis.
The 26 include an elderly man jailed in 1981 for killing an Israeli taxi driver
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