The Zionist entity released Tuesday the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, an AFP reporter said, after almost a year in prison following an army crackdown over the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers.

The Zionist entity released Tuesday the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, an AFP reporter said, after almost a year in prison following an army crackdown over the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers.

Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was arrested on June 16, 2014 as the Zionist entity staged a massive manhunt for three Israeli settlers who were kidnapped in the southern West Bank.