PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi on Tuesday blasted Israel after Arab poet Darin Tatour was sentenced to five months in prison for publishing a poem inciting to violence.
"Through her poetry, Darin, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was exercising her right to free speech and advocating against the cruel and belligerent military occupation. Yet, Israel accused the poet of incitement whilst the occupation is the worst form of incitement,” said Ashrawi in a statement quoted by the Palestinian Authority’s Wafa news agency.
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