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Islamic Movement Leader in Israel Convicted of Incitement to Violence
(Ynet News) Aviel Magnezi - Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement's northern branch in Israel, was convicted on Thursday of incitement to violence in Jerusalem Magistrates' Court. In a speech he made near the Temple Mount in February 2007, Salah said: "Our best moments will be when we meet God as martyrs in the al-Aqsa Mosque....The streets of holy Jerusalem will one day be purged of the blood of innocents who took the souls of the Israeli occupation soldiers who are occupying the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque." The speech led to riots. The judge noted that Salah repeated the words "blood" and "martyrs" throughout his speech and that a state cannot tolerate a call to harm it and its security forces.