Israel hands prison sentence to prominent Palestinian lawyer, her brother

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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- An Israeli court in Jerusalem sentenced on Monday prominent Palestinian lawyer Shireen Tareq al-Issawi and her brother to four and eight years in prison for being in contact with, and providing funds to, Palestinian prisoners.

The Israeli court sentenced Shireen al-Issawi, 38, to four years in prison, and her brother Medhat al-Issawi, 42, to eight years in prison.

Amjad Abu Assab, the head of the Jerusalem Committee for Families of Prisoners said that Shireen and Medhat, who come from the Jerusalem-area village of al-Issawiya, were accused of being in contact with Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons and providing them with funds, which Israel considers “terrorism.”

Abu Assab added that Israel had detained Shireen in March 2014, in a campaign carried out against Palestinian lawyers in Jerusalem. Medhat was detained at the same time, and both have been held in administrative detention for two years.

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1. provide aid and comfort to terrorists

go to prison. pretty simple. lawyer or no.

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2. I don't understand how what they did could be considered a crime, at least not in a democratic

country. It's even worse that this sentence is 100% racist, as organizations and people aiding Jewish terrorists even get state backing:

How Israeli taxpayers subsidize 'Jewish terror'
Source: +972 Mag, August 5, 2015

Honenu, an organization that provides legal services to suspected terrorists, violent settlers and gives financial support to their families, receives tax-deductible donations in both Israel and the United States.

What do Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin, the murderers of Mohammed Abu Khdeir and the arsonists convicted of setting fire to Jerusalem’s Jewish-Arab Hand in Hand school have in common, apart from their violent extremism?

All have received legal representation or some other form of assistance from Honenu, a self-proclaimed “Israeli Zionist legal aid organization.” Based in Kiryat Arba, a settlement next to Hebron that is home to the grave of Jewish terrorist Baruch Goldstein (itself located in a park named after leader of the Kach terrorist group Meir Kahane), Honenu has tasked itself with a clear vision: to come to the aid of “[s]oldiers and civilians who find themselves in legal entanglements due to defending themselves against Arab aggression, or due to their love for Israel.” In Honenu’s eyes, they are defending “noble citizens” who have “acted on behalf of Am Yisrael [the people of Israel].”

To explore Honenu’s past and present client list of “noble citizens” is to read a timeline of some of the most heinous acts of Jewish terrorism in recent memory. Chances are that if you have read about a “price tag” attack, a violent assault on or killing of Palestinians by Jewish Israelis, or any other “ideological crime” of this nature in recent years, the perpetrators have been assisted in some way by Honenu.

The organization has fundraised for Yigal Amir, who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. His wife has also received financial support from the group.

Yaakov Teitel, who murdered two Palestinians in 1997 and attempted to murder two Israelis with explosive devices in 2008, was represented by Honenu.

Ami Popper, convicted for the murder of seven Palestinians during the 1990s, is currently being assisted by Honenu.

The organization represented some members of the Bat Ayin Underground, who were convicted of attempting to blow up a Palestinian girls’ school in Jerusalem in 2002.

The three Israeli suspects in the murder of teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir are represented by Honenu.

Honenu represented one of the Lehava members indicted for the arson at the Jewish-Arab Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem.

Read more: http://972mag.com/how-israeli-taxpayers-subsidize-jewish-terror/109768/