By ITP
Palestinians celebrate release of political prisoners
Palestinians celebrate the release of Tawfiq Iwisaat following his release from Israeli jail after 18 years of imprisonment

Palestinians celebrate the release of Tawfiq Iwisaat (unseen) following his release from Israeli jail after 18 years of imprisonment in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabal Mukaber on April 25, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi talks on the phone outside a hospital in Ramallah where his elderly mother is being treated on April 25, 2012, after a military court released him on bail on April 24, ahead of the verdict in his trial on charges of organising popular protests. Tamimi was arrested on March 24, 2011 and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly demonstrations in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in protest at Jewish settlers taking over their land. (AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi sits outside a hospital in Ramallah where his mother is being treated on April 25, 2012, after a military court released him on bail on April 24, ahead of the verdict in his trial on charges of organising popular protests. Tamimi was arrested on March 24, 2011 and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly demonstrations in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in protest at Jewish settlers taking over their land. (AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi is kissed by a relative outside a hospital in Ramallah on April 25, 2012, after a military court released him on bail on April 24, ahead of the verdict in his trial on charges of organising popular protests. Tamimi was arrested on March 24, 2011 and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly demonstrations in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in protest at Jewish settlers taking over their land. (AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi kisses a relative outside a hospital in Ramallah on April 25, 2012, after a military court released him on bail on April 24, ahead of the verdict in his trial on charges of organising popular protests. Tamimi was arrested on March 24, 2011 and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly demonstrations in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in protest at Jewish settlers taking over their land. (AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi kisses a relative at a hospital in Ramallah on April 25, 2012, after a military court released him on bail on April 24, ahead of the verdict in his trial on charges of organising popular protests. Tamimi was arrested on March 24, 2011 and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly demonstrations in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in protest at Jewish settlers taking over their land. (AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi kisses his mother in at a hospital in Ramallah on April 25, 2012, after a military court released him on bail on April 24, ahead of the verdict in his trial on charges of organising popular protests. Tamimi was arrested on March 24, 2011 and accused of organising illegal demonstrations and incitement to stone-throwing in connection with a series of weekly demonstrations in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh in protest at Jewish settlers taking over their land. (AFP/Getty Images)