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The Israeli court in Ofer on Monday sentenced the 22-year-old Palestinian young woman Majd Atwan for 45 days over Facebook comments.

Jamil Sa’ada, the lawyer at the Palestinian prisoners and ex-prisoners committee, said that the court also imposed a 3000 shekels fine on Majd, who hails from al-Khader village in southern Bethlehem.

Majd, who was arrested on 19/4/2016, was charged with posting comments on her Facebook page that were described as incitement against the occupation.

Israel has detained scores of Palestinians in recent months over social media activity, claiming that a wave of unrest that has swept through the occupied Palestinian territory since October was encouraged largely by "incitement".

Palestinians have instead blamed the violence on frustration and despair brought on by Israel's nearly 50-year military occupation of the Palestinian territory and the absence of a political solution.

More than 200 Palestinians and almost 30 Israelis have been killed since October, although the number of deaths saw a dramatic drop over the last two months, with Israel suggesting its severe security measures were responsible for the emerging trend.

However, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research found in a poll last month that support for stabbing attacks had seen a decline in the West Bank in recent months - "due, it seems, to a rising perception in its inefficacy".

Atwan joins an estimated 7,000 Palestinians currently held inside Israeli prisons, according to prisoners' rights group Addameer.

/PIC & Alaraby