If they are convicted and sentenced to death, then they will be executed. And if they are acquitted, they will be released. He did not say when the suspects would stand trial. The Palestinian Authority is reportedly constructing a parliament building in an Arab suburb of Jerusalem. Construction at the site in Abu Dis began nearly two years ago, according to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz.
Palestinian officials say the building is intended as a cultural center.
In recent years, some Israelis have suggested that Abu Dis become the capital of a Palestinian state under a final peace accord. Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin met with Israeli officials last week during a lunch hosted by his Israeli counterpart. To prove his point, the Israeli president singled out one luncheon guest, Interior Minister Natan Sharansky, a former dissident who spent nine years in a Soviet jail before being allowed to immigrate to Israel. A group from India, claiming to be descendants of a lost Jewish tribe, is asking Israel to grant citizenship to an additional 100 of them per year. About 450 of them have come to Israel over the past decade.