Israeli court jails Palestinian MP for 15 months

AFP, JERUSALEM: A prominent Palestinian lawmaker has been jailed for 15 months by an Israeli military court, the military confirmed on Monday.
Khalida Jarrar, a senior member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a well-known political figure, was sentenced on Sunday at the Ofer military court near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
She had been arrested in April on a series of charges, including encouraging attacks against Israel and violating a travel ban.
“Jarrar was sentenced to 15 months on the charges she was arrested for a few months ago, including incitement of terrorism,” an army spokesperson told AFP on Monday.
The period since April will be considered part of her sentence, meaning she is likely to remain in jail until next summer.
The Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer said she had also been fined 10,000 shekels ($2600, 2400 euros) and given a five-year suspended sentence.
Israel considers the PFLP a terrorist organisation and at the time of her arrest the Israeli army said she posed unspecified “substantial security risks”.

Israeli court jails Palestinian MP for 15 months

AFP, JERUSALEM: A prominent Palestinian lawmaker has been jailed for 15 months by an Israeli military court, the military confirmed on Monday. Khalida Jarrar, a senior member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a well-known political figure, was sentenced on Sunday at the Ofer military court near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. She had been arrested in April on a series of charges, including encouraging attacks against Israel and violating a travel ban. Jarrar was sentenced to 15 months on the charges she was arrested for a few months ago, including incitement of terrorism, an army spokesperson told AFP on Monday. The period since April will be considered part of her sentence, meaning she is likely to remain in jail until next summer. The Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer said she had also been fined 10,000 shekels ($2600, 2400 euros) and given a five-year suspended sentence. Israel considers the PFLP a terrorist organisation and at the time of her arrest the Israeli army said she posed unspecified substantial security risks.