Israel Orders Radical Islamic Preacher to Prison for Inciting Violence

Israel has sentenced a radical Islamic preacher to nearly a year in prison for inciting Palestinians to riot at the East Jerusalem holy site at the center of recent violence. Sheikh Raed Salah, who heads a branch of the group Islamic Movement, was ordered Tuesday to report to prison November 15 to start serving 11 months behind bars. His attorney promised to appeal the sentence to the Israeli High Court. Salah called Israeli authorities "occupation gangsters" who were trying...

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