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Journalist Abed Abu Shahadeh Released After 5 Days in Custody
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Journalist Abed Abu Shahadeh was released without restrictions on Monday after five days in custody following his arrest on suspicion of contacting a foreign agent. His detention was related to an interview with ex-MK Azmi Bishara. The Shin Bet and police did not extend his detention, though the investigation continues. U.S. Representative-elects had called for his release, and Abu Shahadeh called his arrest politically motivated.
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- Journalist Abed Abu Shahadeh was released without restrictions after five days in custody.
- His arrest was related to an interview with ex-MK Azmi Bishara for Al Jazeera.
- The Shin Bet and police decided not to extend Abu Shahadeh's detention.
- U.S. Representative-elects Brad Lander, Scott Weiner, and Daniel Biss called for his release.
- Abu Shahadeh called his detention politically motivated and a "Shin Bet witch hunt."
- His attorney, Yigal Dotan, criticized the arrest as unnecessary and unlawful.
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