Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered the release of six Iraqi nationals who have been jailed without trial for more than six years. The court rejected the argument of security forces that at least three of the Iraqis were dispatched to Israel to spy on the Jewish state. The six are to be released to Israeli kibbutzim until countries are found to absorb them.
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