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Israeli Prosecution Seeks 50-Month Sentence for Sheikh Khatib
An Israeli court intends to issue a verdict against Sheikh Kamal Khatib, Vice President of the Islamic Movement, after being convicted of charges of "incitement to violence" and "incitement to terrorism" stemming from his posts and speeches during the May 2021 protests. Sheikh Khatib was found guilty after a trial that lasted over five years, while he was acquitted of the charge of "alignment with a terrorist organization." Prosecutors requested a prison sentence between 40 and 50 months, but the defense team argued that the case aims to silence Palestinian political voices and expressions of national identity, and that it has been applied selectively, relying on procedural circumstances and exceptional arrests since 2021. The defense called for no actual prison sentence to be imposed, emphasizing that the ruling would have a broad impact on Palestinian freedom of expression within Israel.
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