(NEWS) Lebanon Sentences 32 To Jail For Collaborating With Israel

"A military court on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison 31 Lebanese citizens and a Palestinian for collaborating with Israel and acquiring Israeli citizenship, a judicial source said.

All 32, including a dozen women, were sentenced in absentia since the all had left Lebanon for Israel in 2000 when the Jewish state evacuated all its troops from the country ending a 22-year occupation, the source said.

There were no further details and it was not clear if those sentenced were charged with collaborating with Israel during its occupation of Lebanon."