The New York Times · 12 February 1997

CP-1997-010

Israel Frees 30 Arab Women In Long-Delayed Peace Move

Joel Greenberg

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“The rest of the women refused to be freed until all of them were released.”

Context added by this archive

Sixteen months after they refused, the rest are let out. Suad al-Jubeh, 23, of East Jerusalem, is met by her father Muhammed. The refusal in 1995 and the release in 1997 are the same story, and the archive now holds both ends of it.

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"Israel Frees 30 Arab Women In Long-Delayed Peace Move," The New York Times, 12 February 1997. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1997-010. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1997-010

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