Palestinian Member of the Legislative Council Mohammed Abu Teir, 65, was ordered to 17 months in Israeli prison by the Ofer military court on Tuesday 13 December. Imprisoned since 26 January, the Change and Reform Bloc legislator has spent over 34 years in Israeli prisons. Since his election in 2006, he was subjected to multiple arrests and imprisonments, including a significant amount of time held in administrative detention without charge or trial. He was also sentenced to a fine of 8,000 NIS ($2100) and a 30-month suspended sentence.