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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Israel sentences Palestinian presidential guard to six months in Israeli prison

Ma'an - Israel's military court in Salem sentenced a Tubas man on charges of resisting the occupation, handing down a six-month sentence and a large fine.

Twenty-one-year-old Thabet Mohammed Jaaysa from the Al-Fara refugee camp works with the Palestinian Authority Presidential Guards, and was detained on 14 April on his way home from work in Ramallah.

The officer was held for two and a half months without charge, and will be transferred from the Salem detention center to Israel's Megido prison where he will serve his sentence. Jaaysa will also be forced to pay a 6,000 shekel fine (1,540 US dollars) before he is released.
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