The Israeli magistrate court in Haifa on Sunday convicted Sheikh Ra’ed Salah of incitement and supporting the banned northern branch of the Islamic Movement.
A court verdict is yet to be issued against Sheikh Salah following his conviction.
Sheikh Salah an iconic Aqsa Mosque defender was surrounded by supporters as he arrived at the court on Sunday including by lawmakers from the Joint List of four mostly-Arab parties. Following the ruling Salah’s backers chanted “We’ll sacrifice our lives for Aqsa” according to the Ynet news website.
Salah was head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel which Israel banned in 2015 over alleged links to Palestinian resistance groups and other claims.
