Head of the Islamic northern Movement of

Head of the Islamic northern Movement of Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, gestures after receiving his court sentence in Jerusalem on January 13, 2010. An Israeli court sentenced hardline Islamist leader Raed Salah to nine months in prison for assaulting a police officer, a spokesman for his movement said. he alleged assault took place during demonstrations that erupted in and around Jerusalem's Old City in February 2007 when Israel embarked on a construction project near the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound. AFP PHOTO/GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP via Getty Images)