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Article: ISRAEL - Dec 26 - Palestinian MP Gets 30 Years Jail.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- December 31, 2009
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An Israeli military court sentences the secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, to 30 years in prison. Saadat, who is also a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was indicted on 19 "terrorism-related charges", including overseeing the PFLP's military operations, membership in an illegal organisation, arms dealing and incitement. When Israeli forces seized Saadat in March 2006 in a raid on a Jericho prison, he stood accused of planning the 2001 murder of far-right Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi, which was carried out by four PFLP fighters. Prosecutors later decided not to pursue this case against ...