Soldier jailed

Press, 15 July 1980, Page 9

Soldier jailed

* NZPA-Reuter Tel Aviv I |t An Israeli officer has been . jailed for negligence after a * Palestinian guerrilla raid on > a settlement in which three . Israelis were killed, military ► officials have said. In addition, the area com- . mander was sacked and * three other officers were > reprimanded, the officials said. i iF The sentences were hand-; % ed down by a military tri-! Bk buna! in connection with the. dr raid last April 7 on the kib-i s^; butz at Misgavam. near the, Bk | Lebanese border. fi Three guerrillas were' » killed after they took over al Ik children’s dormitory at the fir (settlement. The dead Israelis, & (included an infant. Ik j The military officials re-, f 'fused to divulge the length! * of the jail sentence imposed mL by the tribunal. j t An investigation wasi & ordered into how the guer-i r rillas managed to infiltrate!

,'the border barriers, which! included an electrical fence, j It found that, besides a| technical fault in the fence,! senior officers had been neg-! ligent'in their duties. The Israeli Cabinet has unanimously approved draft legislation to bgn-gny public demonstration of solidarity with Palestinian guerrilla organisations, a Government I spokesman has said. i The draft 'legislation, pre-' {pared by the Justice Minis-; iter (Mr Shmuel Tamir),; 'would make it a crime to-: support the guerrilla organ-;, 'isations publicly, to display! i their flags, or to sing their; anthems. The maximum sentence would be three years : 'jail and a fine of 54500. , Under present Israeli law,! ionly those who are actively! involved in a "terrorist act”; ,or who are members of an! ■ illegal organisation, such ash the Palestine Liberation Or-! iganisation. can be F