Israel 's condemnation of Sheikh Salah Emaan in criminalizing the political work of Palestinians 48

Mohammed Mohsen Wed-Haifa

An Israeli court on Sunday condemned Sheikh Raed Salah as a "criminalization of the political work of 48 Palestinians," Palestinian observers said.

Jurists and politicians polled by Al Jazeera Net pointed out that "the Israeli establishment continues the approach of intimidation and intimidation of the Palestinians 48, and the muzzling and distortion of political discourse and constants, in order to remove them from Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa and distract them from the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

Haifa Magistrate's Court on Sunday afternoon convicted Sheikh Salah of inciting, supporting and supporting the Islamist movement he headed and was banned in mid-November 2015 under the so-called "terrorism law."

Sheikh Salah's trial comes more than two years after Israeli prosecutors filed indictments against him for allegedly “inciting violence and terrorism”.

Israeli police, in cooperation with the Shin Bet security service, arrested Salah from his hometown of Umm al-Fahm. He was held incommunicado for more than a year before being released and placed under house arrest so far.

The Israeli establishment accuses Sheikh Salah of “supporting and supporting a banned organization” and committing violations of “incitement to violence and terrorism” in speeches and statements during the gift of the “tribal door” in 2017 against the electronic gateways that the Israeli authorities tried to install off the doors of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Implications and repercussions
Defense lawyer Khaled Zabarqa said that the indictments filed against Sheikh Salah not only target him personally, but all Palestinian, Islamic, Arab and national concepts and principles and the national discourse, stressing that the conviction and the charges will have negative repercussions and serious repercussions on the overall work and political discourse of Palestinians 48.

Zabarqa assured Al-Jazeera Net that there was no path to fairness and justice during the trial sessions. Palestinian people.

The defense lawyer explained that condemning the file in whole or in part means further restriction of freedoms, including expressing opinion and restricting the speech of the Palestinian leaders inside, warning of the "brainwashing policy of the Israeli establishment that promotes the discourse of family and fusion and seeks to dissolve the Palestinian youth and create a distorted generation living the political scene." "Israel is against Palestinian and Arab constants."

Discourse and Constants
Despite the absence of a path of integrity and justice, the defense team is studying the rationale for the decision, and will work after the issuance of the verdict in the coming weeks to prepare an appeal for submission to the Central Court and follow up the judicial process, according to lawyer Omar Khamaisi from the defense team of Sheikh Salah.

Khamaisi assures Al-Jazeera Net that the Israeli establishment employed the trial of Sheikh Salah and even banned the Islamic Movement in order to fuse and distort awareness of the Palestinians and their leaders, parties and political, party and national events, in order to redraw the circle of political action and restrict national activity and reduce the ceiling of expectations and demands for Palestinians inside.

He stressed that the deliberations of the verdict showed beyond a reasonable doubt that the court body is trying and condemning the national discourse and the Palestinian and Islamic constants of the Palestinian people and not only to Sheikh Salah, stressing that the decision - which comes in continuation of banning the Islamic movement and chasing its leaders - establishes a new phase by targeting the Palestinian masses and leaders inside .

Pursue and normalize
The same argument was adopted by the head of the Liberties Committee, Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib, who was vice president of the banned Islamic movement, stressing that during the court deliberations and when listening to the judge's explanations, the conviction continues that the leaders of the establishment, the Israeli parties and the choir inciting Palestinians are being heard.

Al-Khatib believes that through the trial of Sheikh Salah and the prosecution of political and national leaders, the Israeli establishment seeks to put the Palestinian masses in the dock, so that they are all accused of suspension, so that prosecution and indictments are submitted to the leaders, movements and parties periodically.

Regarding the reasons and motives for the trial of Sheikh Salah, Al-Khatib said: "The trial comes as a continuation of the ban on the Islamic movement and its institutions. The file we are dealing with is mainly due to our clear stance on Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa. We affirm that Al-Aqsa with all its walls of the land and its bottom and above it. One atom of his soil. "

He pointed out that "the Israeli institution is pursuing political and religious activities at home in the light of the Arab weakness and Islamic schism, and in light of the train of normalization and travel, led by Arab regimes through suspicious visits to Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa."

Speaking to these regimes, Sheikh Al-Khatib said, "Your peoples will uproot you. We are staying and these accusations cannot undermine our resolve and steadfastness.