Israel sentences female Palestinian lawmaker to 15 months in prison for
This included Honenu, an Israeli settler group that supports the families of Israelis imprisoned for killing Palestinians, and also raised money for Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin.
Jarrar was seized during a late-night raid on her home in al-Bireh, a town near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, in April.
After the incident at the Dheisheh refugee camp, clashes also broke out at Aida, another camp in Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
The sources said the positioning of the shot, as well as the type of bullet used, clearly indicates that Israeli forces shot at Shahin with every intention to kill.
Jarrar is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist party banned by Israel, and sits on the board of the prisoners’ rights group Addameer.
Today, there were clashes in Bethlehem amid reports Israeli soldiers had shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian during a raid at a refugee camp.
According to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palestinian attacks have killed more than 20 people since mid-September, almost all of whom were Israelis.
And on Sunday, another young Palestinian – Amer Skafi, 21 – was killed by Israeli forces after allegedly carrying out a vehicular attack that left three Israelis injured in Jerusalem’s Romema neighborhood, which has recently seen an upsurge in violence following a period of relative calm. Over the weekend, US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that continued settlement construction and other Israeli policies in the West Bank could endanger Israel’s future as a Jewish, democratic state. Local residents said that Israeli soldiers fired live rounds, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades “indiscriminately” through the camp’s narrow alleys.
The customs authority said in a statement that the cargo of 4,000 dolls shipped from the United Arab Emirates to the Israeli port of Haifa was meant to “incite against Israel”.
Israel repeatedly delayed her trial, and global human rights organizations, including Amnesty worldwide, criticized her long detention, and the use of secret evidence during her military trail.