Saturday, September 1, 2007

Israel Again Violates International Law in Time of War

Israeli court sentences Palestinians to imprisonment for resisting occupation

1 September 2007

JeninMa'an – Palestinian lawyer, Ahmad Shahawneh, said that the Israeli military court of Salem on Saturday sentenced several detainees from Islamic Jihad on charges of membership in the movement and resisting the occupation.

Shahawneh said that Salem court sentenced two prisoners from Qabatiya, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, to 18 and 30 months in Israeli jails.

The court also extended the sentences of several other Palestinian prisoners.

Shahawneh said that the trials were solely for allegations of membership in Islamic Jihad and resisting the Israeli occupation.

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