Palestinian officer jailed after criticizing Abbas over Peres funeral

‘A Palestinian court in the occupied West Bank has jailed a military officer after he criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for attending the funeral of former Israeli president, Shimon Peres.
Ghandi Ameen, the officer’s lawyer, said on Wednesday that Lieutenant-Colonel Osama Mansour Abu Arab was jailed for a year for breaking the military code of conduct, which forbids uniformed officials from expressing political opinions.
“They found him guilty of disobeying orders and the explanation of the verdict was that he had expressed a political opinion. He was sentenced to a year and was dismissed from his job. The court’s ruling was tough and unexpected … and we will appeal,” Ameen said.’
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