Qatar- 7 Palestinian Children Sentenced To Prison

3/17/2016 2:31:31 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Occupied Jerusalem March 16 (QNA) - Israeli court in Jerusalem on Wednesday sentenced seven Palestinian children to jail terms ranging from 12 to 39 months for alleged stone-throwing Ma'an News Agency quoted lawyer with prisoners' rights group Addameer as saying.
Lawyer Muhammad Mahmoud said the Jerusalem court had convicted the children of throwing stones at Israeli cars in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
Mahmoud said that the children included three boys aged 14 years old two aged 16 one aged 17 and another whose age was not specified.
Saleh Ashraf Ishtayya 16 was sentenced to three years and three months in prison while Muhammad Ahmad Jaber and Murad Raed Alqam both 14 were sentenced to three years.
Meanwhile Muhammad Na’el Tayeh 17 and Zaid Ayed al-Taweel 16 were both sentenced to two years and four months in prison. Omar Rani Yaseen 14 received a one-year sentence and Yazan Hani Ayoub was sentenced to one year and two months in prison.
All seven minors spent eight months under house arrest before their sentencing Mahmoud said.
In response to the sentencing the head of the Jerusalem Committee for Prisoners' Families Amjad Abu Asab told Ma'an that Israel's ruling against the seven minors was "illegal and unfair." He accused the court of being influenced by Netanyahu’s "threats" against the Palestinian children in Jerusalem in a "hopeless attempt to control them and stop them from defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque." (QNA)

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