Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), a non-governmental organization based in Ramallah, described the list published by Isreal ahead of renewed peace talks to free 26 Palestinian prisoners as "disappointing".
Fouad el-Hafesh, head of the PCHR, said the list should have been decided with Palestinian people.
"We are pleased for those who will be released," said Hafesh. "However Palestinian people were not included in determining the names of the prisoners to be freed. There is no one on the list from Jerusalem, the ones to bee freed are mostly from Gaza."
Referring to the list, Hafesh said 14 prisoners will be transferred to Gaza and 12 to the West Bank despite the fact that most of the Palestinian prisoners were from West Bank.
The names of 26 prisoners have been published on the Israel prison service's website on Monday.
Israel had announced to free 104 Palestinian prisoners to pave the way for a resumption of US backed peace talks.
-Israel reveals names of 26 Palestinian prisoners to be freed-
Israel on Monday revealed the names of 26 Palestinian prisoners which will be freed ahead of renewed peace talks.
The 26 names were published on the Israel prison service's website early on Monday.
Including those 26 names, Israel will release 104 Palestinian prisoners in total in coming months.
14 prisoners will be transferred to Gaza and 12 to the West Bank, said the statement adding the release of the prisoners will take place in at least 48 hours.
The inmates to be released are as follows:
1.) Fayez Mutawi al-Khur
2.) Salah Ibrahim Ahmed Mugdad
3.) Samir Nayef al-Na’neesh
4.) Yusef Abdel Hamid Irshaid
5.) Mustafa Othman al-Haj
6.) Salameh Abdallah Musleh
7.) Atiyeh Salem Musa
8.) Salah Mahmoud Mukled
9.) Mohamed Abdel Majid Sawalha
10.) Atef Izzat Sha’ath
11.) Yusef Said al-Al
12.) Midhat Fayez Barbakh
13.) Ali Ibrahim al-Rai
14.) Mohamed Jaber Nashbat
15.) Samir Hussein Murtaji
16.) Hosni Faregh Sawalha
17.) Faraj Saleh al-Rimahi
18.) Ala eddin Ahmed Abu Sitteh
19.) Ayman taleb Abu Sitteh
20.) Esmat Omar Mansour
21.) Khaled Mohamed Asakreh
22.) Nihad Yusef Jundiyeh
23.) Mohamed Mahmoud Hamdiyeh
24.) Jamil Abdel Wahab Natsheh
25.) Taher Mohamed Zaboud
26.) Sabih Abed Hammed Borhan
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