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Assassinated former minister Rehavam Ze'evi. (Nir Kafri) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 15:54 03/12/2007 Rehavam Ze'evi assassin jailed for two life terms plus 100 years By Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service Tags: Rehavam Ze'evi  The Jerusalem District Court on Monday sentenced the Palestinian assassin of former minister Rehavam Ze'evi to two life terms and an additional 100 years for bombing and shooting attacks against other Israelis. Hamdi Qur'an was convicted of the 2001 murder and other terror activities. He was taken into Israeli custody in 2006, after international monitors left the Jericho Prison, where he had been held. Qur'an, a gunman from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian, confessed during his trial that he pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Ze'evi. Advertisement "The murder of a minister is not just the murder of a person, but also a blow to a symbol of the state and its sovereignty. All of [Qur'an's] activities were carried out purposefully and with the intention of causing the most possible damage to residents of the state," the court wrote in its sentencing decision. The decision described how Qur'an joined the PFLP in 2001, shortly after the outbreak of the second Intifada the previous year. Along with other PFLP operatives, Quran planted explosive devices, including car bombs, and carried out shooting attacks, wounding 27 Israeli civilians, according to the court documents. In the fall of 2001, after Israel killed the PFLP's leader, the group decided to avenge his death by killing Ze'evi, according to court documents. Ze'evi, a former army general and leader of a small ultranationalist party, advocated harsh military action against the Palestinians. He also called for the eviction of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, a view most Israelis consider extreme. Qur'an obtained two pistols and an automatic rifle, smuggled them into the hotel along with accomplices, and waited for Zeevi near his room. The minister, 75, emerged from the elevator and passed Quran in the corridor, Quran called out to him, and when Zeevi turned around, Quran killed him with three shots, the documents said. Quran managed to escape, and Palestinian authorities refused to hand him over to Israel. As a compromise, he was held in a Palestinian prison in the town of Jericho until last year, when international observers overseeing the facility left abruptly. The Israel Defense Forces surrounded the prison and seized Qur'an and other Palestinians wanted by Israeli authorities, and took him to Israel to stand trial. Qur'an never expressed regret for his actions. "I am being tried because I carried out my basic right to defend my nation against the Israeli occupation - the same right that you grant yourselves daily, to kill us, the Palestinians," Qur'an said. "I blame you for activities against all of humanity," Qur'an continued. Khalida Jarar, a Palestinian lawmaker from the PFLP, said Qur'an was not a criminal but a freedom fighter. "We Palestinians don't see this as a criminal act. We see it as our right to fight the occupation," she said. Related articles: Jailed PFLP leader sues British gov't over abandoning Jericho prison State prosecutor: Ze'evi killers to face trial in Israeli court Avneri likens Ze'evi death to IDF killings; 'Yassin outranked Ze'evi' Bookmark to del.icio.us Talking too much Censor: IDF officers provided the press with classified information during the war. Intelligent estimate? Rosner's Domain analyzes the U.S. intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear program.   1.   Occupier`s justice 11:10  |  Ben Alofs 03/12/07   2.   Let us only hope that this Palestinian Arab murderer 12:07  |  Yardenah 03/12/07   3.   @1, ben alofs, i do not rewmember that british killers 12:10  |  vladimir 03/12/07   4.   100 years 13:21  |  abu zuzu 03/12/07   5.   Will be here thousands and thousands of years 13:47  |  Shmueli 03/12/07   6.   Has Meretz already called for his release? 13:52  |  Binyamin Dissen 03/12/07   7.   MURDERER LAUGHING: HE`LL BE RELEASED AS GOODWILL GESTURE AS HAMAS 14:06  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 03/12/07   8.   Ben Alofs: Kol ha kavod 14:09  |  abi 03/12/07   9.   Killers remain free 14:16  |  Wael Hendawi 03/12/07   10.   Ben Alofs No. 1 on Occupier`s Justice 14:23  |  Natan 03/12/07   11.   That surely is a very long time 15:00  |  Edith 03/12/07   12.   wow, what if he`d shot the PM?? 15:14  |  ROB OF MELBOURNE AUS 03/12/07   13.   I thought targeted assassinations were legal for Israel 15:20  |  Tarik 03/12/07   14.   What About the Governments that Arm the Terrorists? Like Olmert`s 15:27  |  Straight Talk 03/12/07   15.   he was not the murderer 16:22  |  henry 03/12/07   16.   legalise torture and feed him pork 16:26  |  bernard ross 03/12/07   17.   100 years, 500 years --irrelevant, he will be out of prison. 16:26  |  Terry 03/12/07   18.   Funny sort of Justice 16:33  |  Arnie 03/12/07   19.   What about Amir? 16:52  |  Ros 03/12/07   20.   Remember that Ze`evi was a dangerous extremist 17:02  |  Jens 03/12/07   21.   prisoner release gestures 17:11  |  eddie 03/12/07   22.   How come jewish terrorist Yigal Amir got a lot less for... 17:23  |  Rami 03/12/07   23.   Peace partners 17:56  |  Boris 03/12/07   24.   Don`t worry - Oldmerde will release him next week 19:10  |  Oiy Va Voiy 03/12/07   25.   Re Arnie #18 and Rami #22 19:29  |  Esther 03/12/07   26.   Compare to Treason commited against Zeevi` Memory,Political views 19:41  |  Joseph E . 03/12/07   27.   Ze`evi was Israels worst racist, Penalty seems very harsh 20:25  |  Yossi Cronenberg 03/12/07   28.   That`s one life time with time off for good behaviour 21:22  |  Parole board 03/12/07   29.   A murderer is a murderer is a murderer. 22:16  |  Jesus 03/12/07   30.   To Yossi Cronenberg #27 - Are you for Real? 22:23  |  Dolly 03/12/07   31.   and traitor olmert will release him,in no time 22:40  |  chaim 03/12/07   32.   Good! that`s Life for the assassin of Zeevi. 22:42  |  Natasha 03/12/07   33.   Give him same treatment 00:45  |  Axel 04/12/07   34.   #22 Rami - Nazareth 02:33  |  * BEN JABO 04/12/07   35.   #33 Axel - you`re out of hiding 02:54  |  * BEN JABO 04/12/07   36.   #27 Yusuf C. 04:05  |  * BEN JABO 04/12/07   37.   the same for Yigal Amier 16:06  |  SJ 04/12/07   38.   #27 Yossi Cronenberg 16:34  |  * BEN JABO 04/12/07   39.   #38-2 Yossi Cronenberg 02:41  |  * BEN JABO 05/12/07   40.   #38-2 Yossi Cronenber - "The Pistol" 00:46  |  * BEN JABO 11/12/07

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