Ahmed Saadat (R), leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), arrives to hear the verdict in his trial at Israel's Ofer military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 25, 2008. Saadat was captured during the controversial Israeli storming of the West Bank Palestinian Authority prison in Jericho in March 2006, where he was serving time over the 2001 assassination of far-right Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

Ahmed Saadat (R), leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), arrives to hear the verdict in his trial at Israel's Ofer military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 25, 2008. Saadat was captured during the controversial Israeli storming of the West Bank Palestinian Authority prison in Jericho in March 2006, where he was serving time over the 2001 assassination of far-right Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi.

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  1. Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one holding a poster of the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, who is currently jailed in Israel, call for his release of during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday , Oct. 21, 2009. On Oct. 17, 2001 gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel.

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  1. Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one holding a poster of the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, who is currently jailed in Israel, call for his release of during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday , Oct. 21, 2009. On Oct. 17, 2001 gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel.
  2. A Palestinian supporter of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), holds a poster of the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, who is currently jailed in Israel and a printed picture of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, during a rally calling for the release of Saadat in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday , Oct. 21, 2009. On Oct. 17, 2001 gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel.
  3. Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hold posters showing the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, who is currently in jail in Israel, during a rally calling for the release of Saadat in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. Israel's attorney general determined there was not enough evidence to indict Saadat in the assassination, but he has been held since 2006 on other security charges.
  4. Palestinian women supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), hold posters showing their party's leader Ahmed Saadat, whose currently jailed in Israel, during a rally calling the release of Saadat in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. Israel's attorney general determined there was not enough evidence to indict Saadat in the assassination, but he has been held since 2006 on other security charges.
  5. Palestinian women, supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), hold posters showing their party's leader Ahmed Saadat, whose currently jailed in Israel, during a rally calling the release of Saadat in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. Israel's attorney general determined there was not enough evidence to indict Saadat in the assassination, but he has been held since 2006 on other security charges.
  6. Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hold posters showing the party's leader Ahmed Saadat, left, who is currently in jail in Israel, and Abu Ali Mustafa, the former leader of the party who was killed by an Israeli missile attack in 2001, center, while another member wears a T-shirt depicting Cuban revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, during a rally calling for the release of Saadat, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. Israel's attorney general determined there was not enough evidence to indict Saadat in the assassination, but he has been held since 2006 on other security charges.
  7. Palestinian supporters of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), chant slogans during a rally calling the release of their party's leader Ahmed Saadat, whose currently jailed in Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gunmen from Saadat's faction assassinated an Israeli Cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in a Jerusalem hotel. Israel's attorney general determined there was not enough evidence to indict Saadat in the assassination, but he has been held since 2006 on other security charges.

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