2 PLO Activists Accept Deportation
Two Palestine Liberation Organization activists agreed to be deported to Jordan for three years rather than accept arrest and imprisonment in Israel, according to Israeli and Arab reports Wednesday.
Such expulsions generally occur after an Arab has been convicted, but the Israeli army apparently is trying to expand the use of exile as a penalty.
By contrast, Israel forcibly deported more than 400 Palestinians to southern Lebanon on Dec. 17 after six Israeli soldiers and police were killed by Muslim fundamentalists. Israel said the deportees had organized attacks against Israelis and were affiliated with two fundamentalist groups, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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