JERUSALEM: Israel yesterday released a firebrand Arab-Israeli Islamist preacher on bail, a day after arresting him over “incitement” against the Jewish state, a police spokeswoman said.
(Sheikh) Raed Salah was sent home “after accepting the conditions of his release,” Luba Samri said.
Salah had refused, during an initial appearance in court on Tuesday, to pay a fine and bail of 50,000 shekels ($14,000) and to stay at least 30km away from Jerusalem for 180 days in return for his release, Samri said. A second court session was scheduled yesterday morning, but Salah agreed to the conditions before it took place so the hearing was called off, Samri explained.
A spokesman for Salah confirmed “the Sheikh was at home” in the northern city of Umm Al Fahm. The cleric had been on his way to the Holy City to hold a press conference at the Al Aqsa compound when he was detained for questioning on Tuesday.
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