Israel imprisons Muslim cleric over 2007 al-Aqsa tensions
An Israeli court has handed down an eleven-month jail term to a senior Muslim cleric over his alleged role in inciting violence near the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 2007.
On Tuesday, the court upheld the conviction of Raed Salah, the leader of the northern wing of the Islamic Movement in the occupied territories.
In March 2014, Salah was initially convicted and sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for the purported incitement charge, but both the cleric and the prosecution appealed the sentence.
Omar Khamayseh, Salah's attorney, told AFP that he sought to appeal to the Supreme Court, but a prosecutor said such a move required a request for the right to appeal.
The charge against Salah relates to his speech back in 2007 during a demonstration against Israeli construction work near al-Aqsa Mosque.
Salah’s speech was followed by clashes between Palestinians and the Tel Aviv regime forces, which left some Israeli policemen wounded.
The development comes amid heightened confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians over the past few weeks.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 60 Palestinians have lost their lives and 7,100 injured at the hands of Israeli forces since the beginning of October.
The fresh wave of tensions in the occupied territories was triggered by the Israeli regime’s imposition in August of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque. Palestinians say the Tel Aviv regime seeks to change the status quo of al-Aqsa.
Palestinians are also angry at increasing violence by Israeli settlers, who frequently storm the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
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