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Thu 10 Oct 2009Norris's ex-partner sentenced over Israel protest
ISRAELI PEACE activist Ezra Nawi was sentenced in the Jerusalem magistrate’s court yesterday to one month in prison after being found guilty of attacking two police officers during a protest against the destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank two years ago.
Mr Nawi (57), former partner of Senator David Norris, told The Irish Timeshe would appeal the jail term. “The punishment doesn’t worry me. The court is supporting the occupation,” he said after the sentencing.
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