Court Convicts 4 Israelis Who Met With PLO
A court today convicted four left-wing Israelis who met with Palestine Liberation Organization officials of breaking a law against contacts with members of terrorist groups.
The court convicted the four after rejecting defense arguments that the PLO was not a terrorist group and the 2-year-old law against meetings with such organizations did not apply.
Latif Dory, Yael Lotan, Reuven Kaminer and Eliezer Failer held talks with a 15-member PLO delegation in Romania in November, 1986, soon after the law was passed. They said at the time they considered the meeting a test of the law.
Judge Avraham Baiser wrote in a 25-page decision: “The PLO continues to be a terrorist organization. It continues to carry out terrorist acts in Israel, and this is its clear, official policy.”
Dory called the statute “a terrorist law against a peace dialogue” and declared, “We shall continue to fight it until it is revoked.”
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