Harsh sentences for Jerusalemite youths: Prison terms ranging from 14 months to 12 years
The Jerusalem District Court handed down actual prison sentences to several young Jerusalemites from different parts of the city on various charges, most notably "planning to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, manufacturing explosives, planning attacks, and incitement."
The sentences are listed below from highest to lowest:
• Mustafa Nabil Natsheh from the Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
• Mansour Safadi from the Old City of Jerusalem was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison.
• Mohammad Salaymeh from the Old City of Jerusalem was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
• Hamza Abu Nab from the Old City of Jerusalem was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
• Ahmad Abdullah Natsheh from the Ras al-Amoud neighborhood in Silwan was sentenced to five years in prison.
• Mahmoud Ayman Sharbati was sentenced to 25 months in prison.
• Marwan Mustafa, from Issawiya village, received a 14-month prison sentence.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center stated that some detainees, including Safadi, Abu Nab, and Salaymeh, were arrested in 2001 and charged with plotting to assassinate Ben-Gvir, after prolonged and harsh interrogations in solitary confinement.
The two young men, Mustafa and Ahmed Natsheh, were also taken into custody at the end of 2023 and endured lengthy and harsh interrogations in solitary confinement.
The center stated that prisoner Mustafa Natsheh was injured by a rubber bullet during an Israeli forces raid on Megiddo Prison last October and still needs medical treatment.
