Palestinian court convicts four people in connection with Zeevi

APalestinian court in Yasser Arafat’s besieged West Bank compound has found four Palestinians guillty of killing the Israeli Tourism Minister.

A makeshift Palestinian court in Yasser Arafat’s besieged West Bank compound has found four Palestinians guilty of assassinating Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in Jerusalem last October.

A senior Palestinian official said the four were sentenced to between one and 18 years in jail. He also said Mr Arafat had approved the sentences.