The Turkish national, Faik Buluk, captured in a Fatah camp in Lebanon by Israeli raiders, was sentenced last night to seven years’ imprisonment by a military tribunal sitting in Lod. This was the first conviction under the law giving Israeli courts jurisdiction over security offenses committed abroad. In announcing the verdict the court said that the very fact of membership in a terrorist organization constitutes a threat to the security of the State.
Buluk was charged with membership in an unlawful organization and undergoing military training with a view to harming the State. Buluk said in a statement to the court that he was forced to “flee from the fascist regime of Turkey to Syria” where he joined the Fatah. He said he had a good opinion of Jews and Israel and concluded by saying, “Long live the revolution.”
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