Editing Rehavam Ze'evi (section)

=== Assassination ===
{{Main|Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi}}
[[File:Regency Jerusalem Hotel.JPG|thumb|Hyatt Hotel, Mount Scopus]]
Ze'evi was shot in the Dan Jerusalem Hotel, at the time called the Jerusalem [[Hyatt]] Hotel, in [[Mount Scopus]] on 17 October 2001 by four Palestinian gunmen. He was taken to the [[Hadassah Medical Center]] hospital where he died before 10&nbsp;am. He was buried in the military cemetery in [[Mount Herzl]] in Jerusalem. The [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) took credit for the killing and stated that it was in revenge for the assassination of their secretary-general [[Abu Ali Mustafa]], who was killed by Israel in August that year.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1511739.stm|work=BBC News|title=Abu Ali Mustafa: 'Right to struggle'|date=27 August 2001|access-date=22 May 2010}}</ref> Israel alleged that [[Ahmed Saadat]] ordered Ze'evi's assassination. Thousands took part in his funeral.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/011029/archive_019425.htm |title=A politician's peril |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013034607/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/011029/archive_019425.htm |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The four gunmen, [[Hamdi Quran]], Basel al-Asmar, Majdi Rahima Rimawi, and Ahad Olma, fled to the [[Palestinian National Authority]]. Israel placed [[Yasser Arafat]] under siege in the [[Ramallah]] [[Mukataa|compound]] to force the handing over of the suspects. In April 2002 the United States brokered a plan where the suspects were to be jailed in Jericho instead.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/29/world/main507467.shtml CBS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023201858/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/29/world/main507467.shtml |date=23 October 2012 }} Arafat Siege Could End Soon 29 April 2002</ref> The four killers were arrested together with the head of PFLP, [[Ahmad Sa'adat]].<ref name=ynet2778>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3442527,00.html|
title=Rehavam Ze'evi's killer pleads guilty|
newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=YNET|date=27 July 2008|
last1=Zino|
first1=Aviram}}</ref> They were imprisoned in a jail in Jericho and guarded by American and British forces.<ref name=jpost>{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702391025&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull|title=Last of Ze'evi killers gets life in prison|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=1 December 2008}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 14 March 2006, the American and British guards left the jail, charging that the Palestinian Authority was not adhering to the agreement reached with Israel. Israel then launched [[Operation Bringing Home the Goods]], in which it raided the Jericho prison and seized the five.<ref name=asudden>{{Cite news
| last = McGreal
| first = Chris
| title = A sudden exit, a jail is stormed – and Israel's long wait is over
| work = The Guardian
| date = 15 March 2006
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/15/israel1
}}</ref><ref name=jpost/><ref name = "ynet saadat">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3644555,00.html|title=Israel sentences PFLP leader to 30 years in prison|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=[[YNET]]|date=26 December 2008|last1=Weiss|first1=Efrat}}</ref>
 
In December 2007, Hamdi Quran confessed in an Israeli court to assassinating Ze'evi together with Basel al-Asmar after being instructed by PFLP member Majdi Rahima Rimawi.<ref name=ynet2778/> He was sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name = "ynet weak">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3478369,00.html|
title=Arabs look at Israel as weak|
newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=YNET|date=3 December 2007|
last1=Mandel|
first1=Roi}}</ref><ref name = "bbc Quran">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7125686.stm|title=Israeli minister's killer jailed|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=4 December 2007}}</ref> 
 
In August 2007, Basel al-Asmar was convicted of murder by an Israeli court. In May 2008, he was sentenced to 45 years in prison.<ref name = "ynet Asmar">{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3502983,00.html |title=Rehavam Ze'evi's killer sentenced to 45 years in jail|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=YNET|date=2 May 2007|last1=Zino|first1=Aviram}}</ref>
 
In July 2008, Majdi Rahima Rimawi was convicted of murder by an Israeli court for his part in planning the assassination. According to the verdict, Rahima was the one who supplied the gunmen with a photo of Ze'evi, details of the hotel in which he would be staying and information on the hotel layout.<ref name = "ynet rehima">{{cite news|
url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3574769,00.html|title=Mastermind behind Ze'evi assassination convicted of murder|newspaper=Ynetnews|publisher=YNET|date=29 July 2008|last1=Glickman|first1=Aviad}}</ref> He was sentenced to life in prison and an additional 80 years.<ref name="jpost Rimawi">{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1222017351051|title=Mastermind of Ze'evi assassination gets life|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=22 September 2008}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 
Ahad Olma, who was the head of the PLFP's military wing at the time of the assassination, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in instigating and planning the assassination in December 2008.<ref name=jpost/>
 
In December 2008, an Israeli military court sentenced [[Ahmad Sa'adat]], leader of the PFLP, to 30 years in prison for heading an "illegal terrorist organization" and for his responsibility for all actions carried out by his organization.<ref name = "ynet saadat"/>