The blaring of car horns and celebratory gun-shots marked the arrival of hundreds of prisoners released on this day from Israeli prisons.
The release was celebrated with heart-felt family reunions and a frenzy of breaking the nearest available laws – mostly traffic laws and bylaws forbidding the discharge of weapons within municipal boundaries.
Mostly minor criminals imprisoned for car theft, and occasional stone-throwing, the released prisoners are now declared national heroes and will receive public welfare allowances to assist their reintroduction to society – such as it is.
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