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Monday, December 31, 2018
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Monday, December 31, 2018
Father of Palestinian-American ‘surprised’ by life sentence for attempting to sell land to Jews
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe father of Issam Akel, a Palestinian-American sentenced by a Palestinian Authority court to life in prison on charges of attempting to sell land to Jewish Israelis, says the ruling against his son caught his family off guard.
“What happened was a surprise. We knew there was a trial happening, but we didn’t know this would happen,” Jalal Akel, Issam’s, father tells The Times of Israel, referring to his son’s sentencing.
Akel “was sentenced on Monday, but he can appeal the ruling,” an official in the PA judiciary’s media office, who asked to remain unnamed, said in a phone call.
— Adam Rasgon
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