An Israeli man was jailed for stabbing three people at last year’s Jerusalem gay pride parade. Jerusalem District Court sentenced Yishai Schlissel, a 30-year-old West Bank settler, to 12 years in prison Wednesday after convicting him of the June attack. He was also fined $65,000.
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