Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Palestinian teenager sentenced to 13 years in prison

An Israeli court in Jerusalem has sentenced a teenage Palestinian girl to 13-and-a-half years in prison over a stabbing attack carried out last year. According to lawyer Mufid al-Hajj of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, the prison sentence handed down to 17-year-old Nurhan Awad also came with a fine of 30,000 shekels ($7,757). Last year, when Awad was 16-years-old, she allegedly carried out a stabbing attack with her 14-year-old cousin Hadil Wajih Awad, who was shot dead by an Israeli security guard during the incident. Read full article