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Palestinian court jails U.S.-Palestinian for life for Jerusalem land sale [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 31, 2018 / 6:57 AM / UPDATED 35 MINUTES AGO
Palestinian court jails U.S.-Palestinian for life for Jerusalem land sale
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian on Monday to life imprisonment for violating a ban on selling land to Israelis, judiciary officials said.
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, called in November for dual national Issam Akel to be released, saying his suspected crime was “selling land to a Jew” and his incarceration violated American values.
Akel was accused of attempting to sell a property in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem without the permission of his business partners or Palestinian authorities. Palestinian officials have not publicly identified the intended buyer.
The Higher Offences Court in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, convicted Akel of “attempting to sever parts of Palestinian land and annex it to a foreign state,” the judiciary media office said.
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Palestinian court jails U.S.-Palestinian for life for Jerusalem land sale
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian on Monday to life imprisonment for violating a ban on selling land to Israelis, judiciary officials said.
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, called in November for dual national Issam Akel to be released, saying his suspected crime was “selling land to a Jew” and his incarceration violated American values.
Akel was accused of attempting to sell a property in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem without the permission of his business partners or Palestinian authorities. Palestinian officials have not publicly identified the intended buyer.
The Higher Offences Court in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, convicted Akel of “attempting to sever parts of Palestinian land and annex it to a foreign state,” the judiciary media office said.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-detainee/palestinian-court-jails-u-s-palestinian-for-life-for-jerusalem-land-sale-idUSKCN1OU0JG
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