The leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was sentenced to 30 years.

An Israeli military court on December 25, sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment on the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Ahmed Saadat, transfer agency Associated Press.

Saadat was called guilty of armed assault and endangering the security of Israel. Recall that the organization itself - the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - headed by Saadat, is considered a terrorist in Israel.

PFLP, in particular, has claimed responsibility for the murder in 2001, the Israeli tourism minister Zeevi Rehavaama (Rehavam Zeevi). Two of the group members were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Sam Ahmed Saadat was arrested in 2001 and placed in a Palestinian prison in Jericho, but the court ultimately withdrew the charges in the killing of Zeevi. In 2006, the Israeli army stormed the prison and took ierihonskuyu Saadat was moved to a prison in Israel.

Saadat allies have already said that he pronounced the sentence illegal, since 2006, Saadat was the deputy of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Recall that the PFLP is the second largest organization after Fatah, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).