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MK Basel Ghattas is about to be indicted for allegedly smuggling mobile phones and components to terrorists imprisoned in Israel Ketziot Prison. Ghattas has given up his parliamentary immunity and is banned from Knesset, waiting for the indictment.
A surprise search of the prison has revealed two working mobile phones, three chargers, and eight homemade knives hidden in a wall. In addition, security officials found two SIM cards and earphones along with an electric shocker.
One should understand that attorneys visiting their clients and MKs are not compelled to undergo a search before meeting with terrorists, which is how Ghattas succeeded in his mission as a courier.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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So, initiate body searches. Lawyers who smuggle in illegal objects should be considered aiding and abetting, and lose the ability to represent their clients immediately, as well as forfeiting their licenses, as their actions prove that they are no longer officers of the court.
It’s time to require anyone visiting undergo an extensive search
Aren’t searches the norm before entering a prison?