 Israel released on bail yesterday the jailed son of Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti, who is himself serving a life prison sentence. Qassam Barghouti, a student, was arrested in late 2003 after crossing from Jordan into the occupied West Bank. Israeli security officials accused him of complicity in Palestinian militant attacks, a charge his lawyer denied.
Israel's Prisons Service said Barghouti was convicted of weapons possession and freed after serving a 34-month term behind bars. But he remains on probation as an Israeli military court is still considering other charges against him. "Bail was posted, and Barghouti is required to stay in the area of [the main West Bank city of] Ramallah and report to our Binyamin station once a week," Prisons Service spokeswoman Ori Steltzer said. 
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