PALESTINIAN’S MONA KA’ADAN SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS

Jenin, 12 Jumadal Akhir 1436/1 April 1436 (MINA) – Salem military court has unexpectedly sentenced on Tuesday (31/3) the female prisoner Mona Ka’adan, 43, to 70 months in prison and imposed on her a fine of 30,000 shekels.

Ka’adan family told the PIC reporter that the court’s verdict ran contrary to the Israeli Attorney General’s promise that her confinement would not exceed 36 months, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Ka’adan was convicted of affiliation with the Islamic Jihad Movement and leading a women organization affiliated with the movement.

The court’s ruling was extremely unfair and out of expectations, the family said.

Ka’adan was arrested more than once most recently in 2012 from her home in Jenin’s town of Arraba. Both her brother and fiancé are currently held in Israeli jails.

She spent five years as a whole behind Israeli bars. (T/P006/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)