An Israeli Arab lawmaker announced he was joining the defense team of jailed Hamas politicians. Taleb a-Sana, an attorney who is a member of the United Arab List faction in the Knesset, announced Monday that he would help defend some of around 35 Palestinian Authority ministers and lawmakers detained by Israel over the past two months.
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