The Haifa District Court rejected July 16 an appeal submitted by Sheikh Raed Salah, chief of the outlawed Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement, against his prison sentence. The court maintained the ruling of 28 months in jail. Salah has already spent 11 months in detention, thus is expected to serve now 17 months, starting Aug. 16.
In November 2019, the Haifa Magistrates Court found Salah guilty of incitement to terror and of membership in an outlawed organization. And in February, the court sentenced him to 28 months in prison.
