Ra'am Affair: Last Suspect Held in Custody Released

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The suspects in the Ra'am election bribery affair were arrested on election day following information from Netanyahu's office, according to Haaretz. The police initially sought to extend the detention of some of the suspects, and on a certain day the court ordered the release of two of them, while the detention of the third was extended.

Later, the Beersheba Magistrate's Court canceled the house arrest of several additional suspects, and according to Israel Hayom the judge criticized the conduct of the police and the exhaustion of investigative steps. According to Israel Hayom, Ibrahim Algribi remained the last detainee, and the District Court released him without restrictive conditions.