HEBRON (Ma‘an) 29 Oct — Israel’s Ofer military court on Tuesday
sentenced Hussein Ali al-Qawasmeh to life imprisonment, a prisoners
group said. Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights said
that al-Qawasmeh, 39, was detained on May 28, 2011, for planning to
carry out an operation in Jerusalem to kidnap Israeli soldiers. After
sentencing was announced, he said to the judge: “I do not regret
anything. You stole my homeland, killed my brothers, sisters, and you
expect that I will dedicate a bouquet of flowers for you?” the group
said. Al-Qawasmeh’s two brothers were killed by Israeli forces and
another brother, Ziyad, is serving a 14-year prison sentence in an
Israeli jail. Another brother, who was not identified, was released in
the Shalit prisoner swap deal in 2011 and deported to the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qawasmeh, a resident of Hebron in the southern West Bank, has spent a
total of 11 years in Israeli jails.
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