A former major in the Israeli Army today was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and expulsion from the Army for “selling Israeli arms into unauthorized hands.’ The officer’s name was not disclosed by the military tribunal which heard the charges and imposed the sentence. Another officer, an army captain, is on trial at present on a charge of selling 30 rifles and a large quantity of ammunition to Arabs. His name, too, is being kept secret.
The major was convicted of selling six rifles, a pistol and ammunition to a merchant in Petach Tikvah who, in turn, sold the armaments to Arabs in the Negev Desert. The Arabs who bought the armaments were sentenced last week to 10 year’s imprisonment. The civilians connected with both cases will be tried in civilian courts next week.
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