Tuesday, June 10, 2008, IsraelNN: The Palestinian Authority (PA) has made formal assurances that it will not carry out a planned execution of a suspected Israeli agent handed down by a military tribunal in Hevron. The Arab defendant, Imaad Sa'ad 25, was sentenced to death last month.
The Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin) had led a public campaign and petitioned the High Court of Justice on May 20 to compel the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Israel to take immediate action to rescue the convicted agent. In its response to the Israel Law Center's petition, the State's Attorney has now declared that Israel has received assurances from the PA that Sa'ad will not be

People living in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, hard hit by Palestinian rocket fire, say they should not have to pay taxes to a government that is not defending them.