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boxington 12/31/18 12:16:03 PM #1:	https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-detainee-idUSKCN1OU0JG 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. "In light of the conviction, the court handed down a life sentence with hard labor," it said. Akel can appeal, a judiciary official said. more @ link --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:914978294] in an America... [t:77349382]...</cite> <quote>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-usa-detainee-idUSKCN1OU0JG <quote>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. "In light of the conviction, the court handed down a life sentence with hard labor," it said. Akel can appeal, a judiciary official said.</quote> more @ link</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 12/31/18 1:08:22 PM #2:	bump --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:914980734] in an America... [t:77349382]...</cite> <quote>bump</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bruce_Somali 12/31/18 1:11:45 PM #3:	Lol, sucks to suck I guess --- Look at me. I'm the Dragon now. <cite>Bruce_Somali posted [p:914980925] in an America... [t:77349382]...</cite> <quote>Lol, sucks to suck I guess</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 12/31/18 1:25:37 PM #4:	He'll probably not serve the sentence <cite>Zikten posted [p:914981554] in an America... [t:77349382]...</cite> <quote>He'll probably not serve the sentence</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NibeIungsnarf 12/31/18 1:27:14 PM #5:	Fair, next. <cite>NibeIungsnarf posted [p:914981622] in an America... [t:77349382]...</cite> <quote>Fair, next.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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