This article was originally published by the Maan News and is republished with the author's permission.

Israel pardoned 48 Palestinian activists on Tuesday it had previously deemed "wanted," including 21 from the West Bank city of Nablus.

A Palestinian security source told Ma'an that the Palestinian and Israeli negotiation teams agreed during a meeting on Monday to allow the former Palestinian fighters to return civilian life without fearing arrest or assassination by the Israeli military.

Fourteen people received total amnesty, and another 34 received partial amnesty, meaning that they will not be arrested so long as they remain in areas of Palestinian Authority (PA) control (Area A of the West Bank, a series of enclaves designated by the Oslo interim agreement).

In addition to the list of 48, Five former fighters who were detained in the PA's Juneid prison in Nablus received complete amnesty and five detainees in the jail received partial amnesty.

Another 20 men will be released from PA custody.

Ma'an's correspondent in Nablus identified the activists who have been pardoned as:

Mahdi Akkubah, Ala' Sulaiman, Amr Amirah, Ala' Sanakrah the most prominent activist on the list), Salah Abu Leil, Abdul-Nasser Abu Kushuk, Raed Fakhr Addin, Muneer Qatawi, Abdul-Mun'im Sanakrah, Muhammad Zabaru, Yasin Banat, Sa'id Misha, Muhammad Al-Hajj, Muhammad An-Nuri, Yousif Salah, Muhammad Hashash, Ali Kojak, Mujahid Abu Zeid and Sireen Abu Salim.

Only 19 names appear hear because, a security source explained that two of the 21 Nablus men were not in fact wanted by Israel.