'Israeli legal system is "unjust?"'

Palestinian accused of murder is sentenced by Israel to two life sentences and 7 years

1 July 2007

Jerusalem – Ma'an – The Israeli military court in Ofer on Sunday sentenced Palestinian detainee, Bahjat Shqeirat, from East Jerusalem, to two life sentences and an additional seven years imprisonment.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Association issued a statement revealing that Shqeirat was arrested on the 7th of February 2005 and tortured frequently during interrogation.

He was accused of assassinating two Israeli separation wall guards east of Jerusalem. He is currently being held in Be'er Sheva prison, in the Israeli Negev.

The prisoners association said that Shqeirat described the Israeli court as illegal and defended himself without an attorney in order to highlight his conviction that the Israeli legal system is "unjust".

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