“Israel” collaboration convictions continue

A military court convicted 12 people of collaboration and contact with “Israel” during its occupation of south Lebanon and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from three weeks to life.
The verdicts and sentences, handed down late Monday, were posted on the court’s bulletin board early Tuesday. The court, whose rulings cannot be appealed, dropped charges against five other defendants for lack of evidence.
The court sentenced Faris Qassis in absentia to life in prison with hard labor for working with a security branch of the former “Israeli”-allied South Lebanon Army militia and torturing a Lebanese man after kidnapping him in the former “Israeli”-occupied zone.
Two brothers were also sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail and fined LL2 million each for joining the SLA.
The court sentenced one defendant to seven years in prison for collaborating with the “Israeli” military police and another  defendant to one year in jail for serving with the SLA.
Four defendants received six-month prison terms for joining the militia, while another three were sentenced to three weeks in jail for entering “Israel”, according to the court statement.
Another defendant was fined LL 500,000 for visiting “Israel”.

The Daily Star, 21-3-2001.