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| Convicted terrorist who tried to blow up Israeli plane fails to win parole | Convicted terrorist who tried to blow up Israeli plane fails to win parole |
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| A convicted terrorist who has served 26 years in prison for trying to blow up an Israeli airliner has lost his latest high court attempt to be freed on parole. | A convicted terrorist who has served 26 years in prison for trying to blow up an Israeli airliner has lost his latest high court attempt to be freed on parole. |
| Lawyers for Nezar Hindawi, 57, argued that he no longer posed a security threat anywhere in the world and could safely be released on licence. | Lawyers for Nezar Hindawi, 57, argued that he no longer posed a security threat anywhere in the world and could safely be released on licence. |
| Mr Justice Blake, sitting in London, expressed concerns about the case, but ruled that a Parole Board decision that the Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin must remain behind bars was both "rational and lawful on the information before it". | Mr Justice Blake, sitting in London, expressed concerns about the case, but ruled that a Parole Board decision that the Jordanian citizen of Palestinian origin must remain behind bars was both "rational and lawful on the information before it". |
| Hindawi, who faces deportation to Jordan when he is eventually freed, is serving a 45-year jail sentence for attempting to plant a bomb on an El Al passenger plane in 1986. | Hindawi, who faces deportation to Jordan when he is eventually freed, is serving a 45-year jail sentence for attempting to plant a bomb on an El Al passenger plane in 1986. |
| He hid the bomb in his pregnant fiancee's hand luggage without her knowledge on a flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv. | He hid the bomb in his pregnant fiancee's hand luggage without her knowledge on a flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv. |
| It could have killed 375 people but was found by security staff. | It could have killed 375 people but was found by security staff. |
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