Basel Ghattas, ’48 Palestinian and Member of Knesset, was ordered to 10 days in house imprisonment on Tuesday, 27 December on a bail of 50,000 NIS ($13,000 USD) by the Israeli Rishon Letzion Magistrate’s Court. He was prevented from traveling abroad or meeting with imprisoned Palestinians for 180 days but retained his right to vote in the Knesset. The police had asked for him to be subject to house imprisonment for 45 days.