JERUSALEM: An Israeli lawmaker says a US-Israeli citizen who is expected to be released from an Egyptian jail this week has been treated fairly while in custody.
Israel Hasson spoke on Tuesday, a day after visiting Ilan Grapel in jail.
The 27-year-old Grapel was arrested in June and accused of spying for Israel during Egypt’s revolution. Friends and relatives say the US-born Grapel is a law student in Atlanta who makes no secret of his Israeli identity.
Hasson says he greeted Grapel with "Shalom," Hebrew for hello, but was answered in Arabic because Grapel thought he was an interrogator.
Hasson says Grapel was held in "fair and good conditions."
Israel announced Monday it would free 25 Egyptian prisoners in exchange for Grapel.
