The IDF and Shin Bet said that the release was done because the prisons were running out of room.
In September, Israel broke a 30-year record for administrative detention of Palestinians, hitting 1,264, Hamoked announced.
There have not been this many Palestinians in administrative detention since the First Intifada of the late 1980s-early 1990s.
The national security minister would be able to issue an order to put Israeli citizens and residents in administrative detention for up to a year.
According to the bill, the minister may not use these steps if there is a way to achieve the desired result with a lesser violation of the person's rights.
A hunger strike could trigger a wave of protests throughout the West Bank against both the PA and Israel.
On March 2, after one of the courts ordered the release of two settlers on bail, Gallant signed a request from the Shin Bet to detain the two.
Identifying the possible implications of ending the administrative detention of Palestinians.
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