Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- Israeli authorities released nearly all suspects arrested over recent West Bank settler attacks on international visitors, placing them under house arrest. Legal aid organization Honenu confirmed that nine out of ten suspects detained by Israeli police released. Defense lawyers characterized the initial high-profile arrests as public relation stunts designed primarily to satisfy international media pressure. The released individuals had been implicated in violent assaults against foreign journalists and European diplomats during the annual Palestinian olive harvest. Consequently, human rights advocates expressed renewed concern over the persistent lack of criminal prosecution for settler violence.

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