Two more defendants in the Hebrew University cafeteria bombing of March 6 were sentenced to prison by a Lydda military tribunal today. A Nablus driver who transported the bomb from Nablus to Jerusalem was given 20 years; a 22-year-old Israeli Arab student at the Hebrew University got seven years for his part in the terrorist act in which 22 people were injured. Yesterday, two other Israeli Arabs were sentenced to 25 and five years’ imprisonment respectively in the same case.
Three more defendants are still on trial, among them 19-year-old Miriam Shachshir who was accused of having planted the bomb in the cafeteria. The Arab girl said in court that she had “no regrets” for the act but insisted she was told the bomb would “just make a big noise” and not harm anyone.
In a related development yesterday, Israeli authorities deported nine West Bank Arabs to Jordan for allegedly organizing and inciting strikes and anti-Israel demonstrations on May 15, the 21st anniversary of Israel’s independence, and last Thursday, the second anniversary of the start of the Six-Day War. The deportees include a teacher, a cafe owner and two young men accused of distributing inflammatory leaflets. They brought to 53 the number of West Bank residents deported since the June, 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
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