The Palestinian Authority and the Arab League on Sunday, June 6, dismissed as "null and void" Israel 's five-decade jail term against Palestinian lawmaker Marwan Barghuti and demanded his immediate release.
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"We reject this sentence and do not recognize this unfair decision," Palestinian Premier Ahmed Qorei told Voice of Palestine radio, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). "Barghuti is a member of the Palestinian parliament and a national leader and the Israeli occupation forces have no right to sentence him." A Tel Aviv court had earlier in the morning slapped five life terms and two additional 20-year terms against Barghuti for his alleged involvement in a series of "murders". |