had no political affiliation. Egypt asked Israel to include nine Palestinian women prisoners who had not been released from Israeli prisons during the first phase. Eventually it was agreed that Israel ultimately released six women prisoners. Hours before the release, clashes broke outside of Israeli Ofer prison, between the Israeli security forces and the families of Palestinians prisoners who were expected to be released in the swap deal, due to the late hour of the release, which they claimed damages the festivities, as well as the fact that most of the prisoners list is made up of prisoners that were expected to be released soon anyway (300 were supposed to be released within a year). Prior to the swap deal, Netanyahu was under pressure to make gestures toward Mahmoud Abbas during the second phase of the swap deal, because in the first phase Hamas prisoners were released and not Fatah. These pressures included one claim from Abbas who argued that such a promise was given to him by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Despite the fact that in the second phase there were no Hamas prisoners released and two-thirds were Fatah prisoners, as aforementioned, 300 were expected to be released in about a year anyway, and the Palestinian Authority blamed Hamas. In addition, Hamas also declared that it would continue to kidnap Israeli soldiers in order to release the rest of the Palestinian prisoners serving time in Israeli prisons. According to the Israeli criteria, the prisoners that were released in the second phase of the swap deal, are ones who are defined as not having "blood on their hands". Prominent prisoners Israel refused to release The exchange is also remembered for the well-known prisoners that Israel refused to release, including: Marwan Barghouti, convicted of 5 counts of murder: authorizing and organizing the murder of Georgios Tsibouktzakis, a shooting adjacent to Giv'at Ze'ev in which a civilian was killed, and the Seafood Market attack in Tel Aviv in which 3 civilians inside Israel were killed. Ahmad Sa'adat, Secretary-General of the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Ibrahim Hamed, a commander of Hamas terrorist bombings and suicide bombings. Public reactions following approval of the agreement Israel According to a 2011 poll reported by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, 79% of the Israeli people supported the exchange, while 14% opposed it. Almagor, an Israeli organization representing victims of attacks, criticized the