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Incitement charges drafted against Islamic Movement head

By Jonathan Lis, Yoav Stern and Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondents

The State Prosecution has drafted an indictment against the head of the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement on charges of incitement and sedition.

The indictment comes at the culmination of a six-month investigation into the activities of Sheikh Ra'ad Salah after he made comments against Israel's government, security forces and police in February.

During a demonstration some six months ago against Israel's aim to renovate a bridge situated in close proximity to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Salah called for an "intifada" to protect the holy site.

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In a fiery speech given in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, Salah accused Israel of attempting to rebuild the Jewish Temple on the Temple mount while drenched in Arab blood.

The existence of the draft indictment was revealed Wednesday during a hearing on the terms of Salah's release from custody. The Jerusalem police had requested an extension of the limiting terms on which his release was originally conditioned.

Salah will face charges of incitement to violence, incitement to racism and sedition.

The Islamic Movement responded to the revelation on Wednesday, saying it had never been informed of the existence of an indictment. "As always, the attorney general chooses to communicate with us through the media. This indictment, as in previous cases, will not prevent us from standing up for our commitment to the Al-Aqsa Mosque," the group's spokesman said.

The spokesman refused to discuss Salah's comments, saying "what we have to say we will express in court."

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1.	What Took You So Long?	23:30	\|	massaraksh	08/08/07

2.	about time. this has gone on way to long!!	00:02	\|	ralph	09/08/07

3.	Racism, racism! All the poor Sheik Salah wanted was to	00:05	\|	sheik yer booti	09/08/07

4.	Good, racism and inciting to riot	00:32	\|	Lynn	09/08/07

5.	Incitement charges against a holy man	00:58	\|	lydia	09/08/07

6.	More blaming of the victims.....	01:24	\|	Dutch	09/08/07

7.	to settler massaraksh	01:32	\|	nobodysacred	09/08/07

8.	Lydia,the Holy Man yearns for an extra wife,aren`t yo interested?	02:09	\|	Absolute Sweden	09/08/07

9.	Excellent	02:38	\|	Gina	09/08/07

10.	he has been handled way to gently up to now! so has the muslem mo	04:26	\|	ralph	09/08/07

11.	uhuh	05:26	\|	pseu	09/08/07

12.	Sorry to say that Israel is a banana republic	09:40	\|	David Ha`ivri	10/08/07

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