RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian court has sentenced an exiled rival of President Mahmoud Abbas to two years in jail for "insulting state institutions", raising pressure on Mohammed Dahlan after months of mutual recriminations.
The court ruling was dated March 6, but the verdict was only published in a West Bank newspaper on Wednesday. There was no immediate comment from Dahlan, who lives in the Gulf.
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