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A Yonkers man received a six-year prison sentence and three years of supervised release on Thursday for attacking a Jewish barber, News 12 Westchester reported. Ahmed al Jabali, 34, was sentenced by Judge James McCarty at Westchester County Court in White Plains. Judge McCarty condemned al Jabali's actions, stating, "You admitted to and committed a reprehensible act, which hurt another person." The victim, 50-year-old Jewish barber Slava Shushakov, was attacked with scissors in his Yonkers Avenue barbershop last August. Police reported that al Jabali used expletives and expressed a desire to kill the victim during the assault, which left Shushakov...

Palestinian police chief quits -Palestinian sources GAZA, July 4 (Reuters) - Palestinian police chief Ghazi al-Jabali decided on Thursday to resign to prepare to stand in a presidential election next January, Palestinian security sources said. Confusion has been mounting over the future of Jabali and West Bank preventive security chief Jibril Rajoub, despite denials by the Palestinian Authority that President Yasser Arafat tried on Wednesday to remove them. "Major General Ghazi al-Jabali decided to resign from his post to prepare himself to run for the upcoming presidential election," a senior security source said. He did not say whether Jabali...