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one of his killers Yosef Ben-David
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23 feb 2016
Israel's public prosecutor has decided that Yosef Ben-David, who masterminded the grisly murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair, is fit for trial after receiving a psychiatric report refuting his insanity claim.
According to an Israeli satellite channel, the report disputes the insanity plea filed by the lawyer of Ben-David.
The channel affirmed the killer would be prosecuted once again.
Abu Khudair was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive on July 2, 2014 by three Jewish settlers.
According to an Israeli satellite channel, the report disputes the insanity plea filed by the lawyer of Ben-David.
The channel affirmed the killer would be prosecuted once again.
Abu Khudair was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive on July 2, 2014 by three Jewish settlers.
24 feb 2016
'Guys, we need to take the law into our own hands already and start slaughtering,' writes Eliyahu Eliav Mualem; 'It's very good that Abu Khdeir was 16. Let's hope the next Arabs who are murdered are younger,' another post reads.
Eliyahu Eliav Mualem, 27, from Modi'in, was indicted on Monday for writing Facebook posts calling for the murder of Arabs. He was charged with inciting violence and inciting racism.
"Guys, we need to take the law into our own hands already and start slaughtering," he wrote on Facebook. "After all, there isn't an Arab who isn't happy when Jews die, right? This is a great reason to start slaughtering them."
According to the indictment, filed by the Center District Attorney's Office with the approval of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, Mualem posted these statements soon after the kidnapping and murder of the three Jewish teenagers, the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, and the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir in the summer of 2014.
The indictment notes these statements are akin to encouraging violence or terrorism.
Mualem also called to hurt Israeli Arabs, and posted calls for violence against MK Haneen Zoabi (Joint List), as well as posted his support of violence and terror acts against left-wing Jews.
All of these posts, according to the indictment, were viewed by his 1,000 followers.
Following the murder of Abu Khdeir, Mualem wrote: "Jews unite! On with the murder of the next Arab. It's very good that (Abu Khdeir) was 16. Let's hope the next Arabs who are murdered are younger." In another post he wrote: "May the leftists die before the Arabs!"
He also wrote that: "Instead of having a group of right-wingers kidnapping Palestinians - and the emphasis here is on Palestinians - while disregarding the Shin Bet and the police and changing the rules of the game, we continue being bleeding hearts, not to mention the bastard leftists who live among us and have no place here!"
Mualem's lawyer, Kobi Ben-Shaaya, said that "the time in question was the time of the kidnapping of the three teenagers, following which the IDF launched Operation Protective Edge. If these statements were indeed made, they were certainly made in the heat of the moment, and God forbid had no intention of causing incitement."
Eliyahu Eliav Mualem, 27, from Modi'in, was indicted on Monday for writing Facebook posts calling for the murder of Arabs. He was charged with inciting violence and inciting racism.
"Guys, we need to take the law into our own hands already and start slaughtering," he wrote on Facebook. "After all, there isn't an Arab who isn't happy when Jews die, right? This is a great reason to start slaughtering them."
According to the indictment, filed by the Center District Attorney's Office with the approval of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, Mualem posted these statements soon after the kidnapping and murder of the three Jewish teenagers, the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, and the murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir in the summer of 2014.
The indictment notes these statements are akin to encouraging violence or terrorism.
Mualem also called to hurt Israeli Arabs, and posted calls for violence against MK Haneen Zoabi (Joint List), as well as posted his support of violence and terror acts against left-wing Jews.
All of these posts, according to the indictment, were viewed by his 1,000 followers.
Following the murder of Abu Khdeir, Mualem wrote: "Jews unite! On with the murder of the next Arab. It's very good that (Abu Khdeir) was 16. Let's hope the next Arabs who are murdered are younger." In another post he wrote: "May the leftists die before the Arabs!"
He also wrote that: "Instead of having a group of right-wingers kidnapping Palestinians - and the emphasis here is on Palestinians - while disregarding the Shin Bet and the police and changing the rules of the game, we continue being bleeding hearts, not to mention the bastard leftists who live among us and have no place here!"
Mualem's lawyer, Kobi Ben-Shaaya, said that "the time in question was the time of the kidnapping of the three teenagers, following which the IDF launched Operation Protective Edge. If these statements were indeed made, they were certainly made in the heat of the moment, and God forbid had no intention of causing incitement."
12 feb 2016
The lawyer representing the family of murdered Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir on Thursday accused one of his killers of "stalling" justice, as an Israeli court began to hear his insanity plea.
Two Israeli minors were sentenced over the killing of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir earlier this month, but 30-year-old Yosef Ben-David, believed to be the group's ringleader, escaped conviction after seeking a last minute psychiatric evaluation.
All three killers have confessed to beating unconscious Abu Khdeir in July 2014 before pouring flammable liquid on him and setting him alight.
Following Thursday's hearing, Abu Khdeir's family lawyer, Muhannad Jbara, said Ben-David's defense team was "stalling" justice by attempting to "postpone and prevent" the killer's conviction and sentencing.
The hearing lasted nearly seven hours, during which the jury listened to a medical expert assigned by Ben-David's lawyer who said the killer suffered mental and psychological issues.
A second medical expert, assigned by the prosecution, argued that Ben-David was qualified for trial and did not suffer any mental illnesses.
Ben-David's defense team initially sought to keep the trial closed, but the court ruled only to keep personal testimonies unpublished. The defense unsuccessfully attempted to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court.
Jbara said that Ben-David told the court he was aware of all details of the killing and had earlier reenacted the crime on camera for investigators.
Jbara said that Ben-David's defense argued this reenactment was provided after Ben-David came under "pressure" from police, as well as being electrocuted.
The court is not expected to reach a verdict until a later date.
The other two killers, both minors, were sentenced earlier this month, with one receiving life imprisonment and the other 21 years, in what Abu Khdeir's family condemned as too light a sentence.
Abu Khdeir's father, Hussein, told Ma'an: "Muhammad died again today, and we died with him. Does it make sense to sentence the killer who kidnapped, tortured and burned Muhammad to only 21 years in prison?”
He said the sentence proved Israel was not a democratic country. "Israeli courts have two faces of judiciary: one for the Palestinians and another for the Israelis."
Two Israeli minors were sentenced over the killing of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir earlier this month, but 30-year-old Yosef Ben-David, believed to be the group's ringleader, escaped conviction after seeking a last minute psychiatric evaluation.
All three killers have confessed to beating unconscious Abu Khdeir in July 2014 before pouring flammable liquid on him and setting him alight.
Following Thursday's hearing, Abu Khdeir's family lawyer, Muhannad Jbara, said Ben-David's defense team was "stalling" justice by attempting to "postpone and prevent" the killer's conviction and sentencing.
The hearing lasted nearly seven hours, during which the jury listened to a medical expert assigned by Ben-David's lawyer who said the killer suffered mental and psychological issues.
A second medical expert, assigned by the prosecution, argued that Ben-David was qualified for trial and did not suffer any mental illnesses.
Ben-David's defense team initially sought to keep the trial closed, but the court ruled only to keep personal testimonies unpublished. The defense unsuccessfully attempted to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court.
Jbara said that Ben-David told the court he was aware of all details of the killing and had earlier reenacted the crime on camera for investigators.
Jbara said that Ben-David's defense argued this reenactment was provided after Ben-David came under "pressure" from police, as well as being electrocuted.
The court is not expected to reach a verdict until a later date.
The other two killers, both minors, were sentenced earlier this month, with one receiving life imprisonment and the other 21 years, in what Abu Khdeir's family condemned as too light a sentence.
Abu Khdeir's father, Hussein, told Ma'an: "Muhammad died again today, and we died with him. Does it make sense to sentence the killer who kidnapped, tortured and burned Muhammad to only 21 years in prison?”
He said the sentence proved Israel was not a democratic country. "Israeli courts have two faces of judiciary: one for the Palestinians and another for the Israelis."
5 feb 2016
The Palestinian family of martyr Mohammad Abu Khdair, who was burned to death at the hands of extremist Jewish settlers, condemned on Thursday the Israeli court sentences against the murderers of their son.
They opined that the sentences were light and not severe enough. The Israeli Central Court on Thursday issued a life sentence against an Israeli minor and 21-year imprisonment for another for the brutal murder of the Palestinian teenager Muhammad.
The court also ordered the culprits to compensate Abu Khdeir's family with 60,000 Israeli shekels ($15,350). Abu Khdeir's family had been seeking life sentences for both defendants but their attorneys claimed their actions had been influenced by a third killer, 30-year-old Yosef Ben-David.
Ben-David, the group's ringleader, has confessed to the killing along with the two minors, but has so far escaped conviction pending a last minute psychiatric evaluation.
However, Abu Khdeir's family said the sentences were not severe enough and called again for life imprisonment for both killers.
Abu Khdeir's father, Hussein, told Quds Press that the sentence proved that Israel was not a democratic country. He stressed that he will wait for trial of Ben-David who is to be sentenced in the few coming days.
The father said he will go to the Israeli Supreme court to demand demolishing the houses of the killers of his son as well as withdrawing their nationalities exactly like Israeli authorities do with Palestinians.
“If I do not get the right of my son, I will go to the international Criminal Court in order to expose the Israeli occupation and its judiciary in front of the world”, he said.
Hussein and his wife, Suha, said that the sentence would "encourage other settlers to commit more crimes against the Palestinians, because they know that the Israeli judiciary will protect them and cover for their crimes."
Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old from Shuafat in occupied East Jerusalem, was kidnapped and murdered by the three extremists in July 2014. All three confessed to beating the teenager unconscious before pouring flammable liquid on him and setting him alight. An autopsy later confirmed that the teen had been burned alive.
They opined that the sentences were light and not severe enough. The Israeli Central Court on Thursday issued a life sentence against an Israeli minor and 21-year imprisonment for another for the brutal murder of the Palestinian teenager Muhammad.
The court also ordered the culprits to compensate Abu Khdeir's family with 60,000 Israeli shekels ($15,350). Abu Khdeir's family had been seeking life sentences for both defendants but their attorneys claimed their actions had been influenced by a third killer, 30-year-old Yosef Ben-David.
Ben-David, the group's ringleader, has confessed to the killing along with the two minors, but has so far escaped conviction pending a last minute psychiatric evaluation.
However, Abu Khdeir's family said the sentences were not severe enough and called again for life imprisonment for both killers.
Abu Khdeir's father, Hussein, told Quds Press that the sentence proved that Israel was not a democratic country. He stressed that he will wait for trial of Ben-David who is to be sentenced in the few coming days.
The father said he will go to the Israeli Supreme court to demand demolishing the houses of the killers of his son as well as withdrawing their nationalities exactly like Israeli authorities do with Palestinians.
“If I do not get the right of my son, I will go to the international Criminal Court in order to expose the Israeli occupation and its judiciary in front of the world”, he said.
Hussein and his wife, Suha, said that the sentence would "encourage other settlers to commit more crimes against the Palestinians, because they know that the Israeli judiciary will protect them and cover for their crimes."
Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old from Shuafat in occupied East Jerusalem, was kidnapped and murdered by the three extremists in July 2014. All three confessed to beating the teenager unconscious before pouring flammable liquid on him and setting him alight. An autopsy later confirmed that the teen had been burned alive.
14 jan 2016
Father and mother of Palestinian teenager Muhammad Abu Khdeir pray at his grave in Shuafat, in occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli prosecutors, on Wednesday, called for life sentences with regard to two young Jewish extremists convicted, last year, of burning a Palestinian teen alive, part of an upsurge in violence ahead of the 2014 Gaza war.
Prosecutors, according to World Bulletin/Al Ray, made the request at a sentencing hearing in a Jerusalem court for the two, who were minors at the time of the chilling attack in which they and a third man snatched Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, from an east Jerusalem street and subsequently killed him.
Israeli settler Yosef Haim Ben-David, 31, is said to have led the attack on Abu Khdeir but his lawyers say he suffers from a mental illness and was not responsible for his actions at the time.
Ben-David had reportedly undergone psychiatric treatment in the past, in connection with another incident in which he attempted to strangle his own infant daughter.
When appearing for the arraignment, was reported to say at the entrance hall: "I am the messiah."
The court has found that he committed the crime, but is yet to rule if he is mentally competent.
The two others were 16 when they were charged in 2014 but are now adults.
Israeli prosecutors, on Wednesday, called for life sentences with regard to two young Jewish extremists convicted, last year, of burning a Palestinian teen alive, part of an upsurge in violence ahead of the 2014 Gaza war.
Prosecutors, according to World Bulletin/Al Ray, made the request at a sentencing hearing in a Jerusalem court for the two, who were minors at the time of the chilling attack in which they and a third man snatched Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, from an east Jerusalem street and subsequently killed him.
Israeli settler Yosef Haim Ben-David, 31, is said to have led the attack on Abu Khdeir but his lawyers say he suffers from a mental illness and was not responsible for his actions at the time.
Ben-David had reportedly undergone psychiatric treatment in the past, in connection with another incident in which he attempted to strangle his own infant daughter.
When appearing for the arraignment, was reported to say at the entrance hall: "I am the messiah."
The court has found that he committed the crime, but is yet to rule if he is mentally competent.
The two others were 16 when they were charged in 2014 but are now adults.
13 jan 2016
Israeli Central Court in Jerusalem held a hearing for the three Israelis who burned the Palestinian child Mohammad Abu Khdair alive in 2014.
Two minors and a third man snatched Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, from an east Jerusalem street and subsequently killed him by burning him alive.
The court has found that Israeli settler Yosef Haim Ben-David, 31, have led the attack on Abu Khdeir and that he committed the crime but is yet to rule if he is mentally competent. His lawyers say that he suffers from a mental illness and that he was not responsible for his actions at the time.
The lawyers also claim that the two others were 16 when they were charged in 2014 but are now adults. They cannot be identified by court order.
In an interview with the PIC reporter, both of Abu Khdeir's parents who attended the hearing and demanded sentences of life imprisonment for the three Israeli criminals, condemned those pretenses and claims and described them as mere justification to avoid convicting them with severe sanctions.
The father of Abu Khdair, Hussein, called on Israeli authorities to demolish the houses of the assailants' families as they regularly do with Palestinians convicted of attacks.
The father also said if the court rules that the killer is mentally incompetent, the family will prosecute him in the international courts.
Abu Khdeir was kidnapped from Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on July 2, 2014 and beaten, with his burned body found hours later in a forest in the western part of the city. A forensic report showed smoke in his lungs, indicating he was alive when set alight.
The lawyer of the family Muhanad Jebarah said that the court convicted both Israeli minors of planning, kidnapping and burning the Palestinian minor Abu Khdair, and convicted them for attempt of abducting and killing child Mousa Zalloum while walking with his mother in Beit Haneena district in the northern Occupied Jerusalem.
Israel's racist laws mean Jews are treated totally differently in their courts. Even Palestinians under direct Israeli rule qre discriminated against.
Earlier this week, Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court sentenced a Jewish man who stabbed an Arab last April to 21 months in prison. Oz Segal, who was convicted of causing injury under aggravated circumstances and possessing a knife, will also have to pay the victim 12,000 shekels ($3,000) in compensation.
Oz Segal's house will not be demolished because he is a Jew. His family will not be arrested and will not be prevented from travel. Because they are Jews.
Two minors and a third man snatched Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, from an east Jerusalem street and subsequently killed him by burning him alive.
The court has found that Israeli settler Yosef Haim Ben-David, 31, have led the attack on Abu Khdeir and that he committed the crime but is yet to rule if he is mentally competent. His lawyers say that he suffers from a mental illness and that he was not responsible for his actions at the time.
The lawyers also claim that the two others were 16 when they were charged in 2014 but are now adults. They cannot be identified by court order.
In an interview with the PIC reporter, both of Abu Khdeir's parents who attended the hearing and demanded sentences of life imprisonment for the three Israeli criminals, condemned those pretenses and claims and described them as mere justification to avoid convicting them with severe sanctions.
The father of Abu Khdair, Hussein, called on Israeli authorities to demolish the houses of the assailants' families as they regularly do with Palestinians convicted of attacks.
The father also said if the court rules that the killer is mentally incompetent, the family will prosecute him in the international courts.
Abu Khdeir was kidnapped from Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on July 2, 2014 and beaten, with his burned body found hours later in a forest in the western part of the city. A forensic report showed smoke in his lungs, indicating he was alive when set alight.
The lawyer of the family Muhanad Jebarah said that the court convicted both Israeli minors of planning, kidnapping and burning the Palestinian minor Abu Khdair, and convicted them for attempt of abducting and killing child Mousa Zalloum while walking with his mother in Beit Haneena district in the northern Occupied Jerusalem.
Israel's racist laws mean Jews are treated totally differently in their courts. Even Palestinians under direct Israeli rule qre discriminated against.
Earlier this week, Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court sentenced a Jewish man who stabbed an Arab last April to 21 months in prison. Oz Segal, who was convicted of causing injury under aggravated circumstances and possessing a knife, will also have to pay the victim 12,000 shekels ($3,000) in compensation.
Oz Segal's house will not be demolished because he is a Jew. His family will not be arrested and will not be prevented from travel. Because they are Jews.
27 dec 2015
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In lieu of growing Israeli focus on Jewish extremism, Israel’s Prime Minister on Sunday said that comparing “Arab terror and Jewish terror” was impossible, Israeli media reported.
During a weekly meeting, Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Here we condemn and they [the Palestinians] praise," according to Israeli daily Haaretz. The PM said that "Jewish terror" was rare, while “Arab terror” frequently took place on a large scale. Netanyahu stated that while Israeli leadership condemned terror attacks carried out by Jews, the Palestinian Authority “encourages terror and incites.” |
The statement comes as ongoing investigations into the murder of three members of the Palestinian Dawabsha family by Jewish extremists as well as video footage released from an Israeli wedding party celebrating violence against Palestinians has been at the epicenter of Israeli public discussion.
Focus on the growing influence of Israeli extremist groups also coincides with a wave of violence that has left nearly 140 Palestinians and 20 Israelis dead since Oct. 1.
The majority of Palestinians were killed while carrying out attacks on Israeli military and civilians. Palestinian leadership has yet to condemn the individual attacks but has criticized Israel for its response to the recent violence.
While condemning the attacks, a UN official earlier this month said: “The injustices associated with an occupation which shows no prospect of ending feed into a perspective -- particularly among the youth -- that they have nothing to lose by sacrificing their lives."
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Saturday said that recent cases of Jewish extremism had caused politicians to ignore “seemingly less serious” offenses against Palestinians and their property, in effect supporting the perpetrators, according to Haaretz.
Focus on the cases have put other offenses on the back burner, Yaalon said, including the uprooting of Palestinian olive trees and the burning of Palestinian property by Israeli settlers.
The minister said that encouragement from ministers and members of Knesset for settlement expansion as well as verbal attacks on public figures helped to enable incidents like the Dawabsha murder and incitement, Haaretz reported.
Threat of ‘Jewish terror’
Israel has received criticism from the international community and rights groups in the past regarding government policies that encourage violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.
Israeli police earlier this week opened an investigation into the wedding of two right-wing Israelis after a video showed attendees dancing and singing songs about revenge while waving knives and guns in the air.
At one point during the ceremony, a masked Israeli youth waves a firebomb while another stabs a photo of Ali Dawabsha, an 18-month-old Palestinian burned alive in the arson attack that also left his parents dead.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the time that the video showed "the real face of a group that poses danger to Israeli society and security,” the daily said.
The suspects in the Dawabsha murder case have yet to be convicted, and Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet has received push-back from right-wing groups over its conduct in the investigation.
The Shin Bet last week warned that the case revealed the growing threat of Jewish terror organizations against the Israeli state as well as regional security.
Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks on Palestinians and their property, purportedly in revenge for actions taken by Palestinians or the Israeli government against the illegal settlement enterprise.
The attacks -- over 324 of which were carried out in 2014 according to UN documentation -- were labelled as “acts of terrorism” by the US government in 2013.
Focus on the growing influence of Israeli extremist groups also coincides with a wave of violence that has left nearly 140 Palestinians and 20 Israelis dead since Oct. 1.
The majority of Palestinians were killed while carrying out attacks on Israeli military and civilians. Palestinian leadership has yet to condemn the individual attacks but has criticized Israel for its response to the recent violence.
While condemning the attacks, a UN official earlier this month said: “The injustices associated with an occupation which shows no prospect of ending feed into a perspective -- particularly among the youth -- that they have nothing to lose by sacrificing their lives."
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon on Saturday said that recent cases of Jewish extremism had caused politicians to ignore “seemingly less serious” offenses against Palestinians and their property, in effect supporting the perpetrators, according to Haaretz.
Focus on the cases have put other offenses on the back burner, Yaalon said, including the uprooting of Palestinian olive trees and the burning of Palestinian property by Israeli settlers.
The minister said that encouragement from ministers and members of Knesset for settlement expansion as well as verbal attacks on public figures helped to enable incidents like the Dawabsha murder and incitement, Haaretz reported.
Threat of ‘Jewish terror’
Israel has received criticism from the international community and rights groups in the past regarding government policies that encourage violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.
Israeli police earlier this week opened an investigation into the wedding of two right-wing Israelis after a video showed attendees dancing and singing songs about revenge while waving knives and guns in the air.
At one point during the ceremony, a masked Israeli youth waves a firebomb while another stabs a photo of Ali Dawabsha, an 18-month-old Palestinian burned alive in the arson attack that also left his parents dead.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the time that the video showed "the real face of a group that poses danger to Israeli society and security,” the daily said.
The suspects in the Dawabsha murder case have yet to be convicted, and Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet has received push-back from right-wing groups over its conduct in the investigation.
The Shin Bet last week warned that the case revealed the growing threat of Jewish terror organizations against the Israeli state as well as regional security.
Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks on Palestinians and their property, purportedly in revenge for actions taken by Palestinians or the Israeli government against the illegal settlement enterprise.
The attacks -- over 324 of which were carried out in 2014 according to UN documentation -- were labelled as “acts of terrorism” by the US government in 2013.
25 dec 2015
The Israeli district court in Occupied Jerusalem on Thursday accepted to discuss the mental status of Yosef Haim Ben-David, the Jewish settler who masterminded the brutal murder of Palestinian teenager Mohamed Abu Khudair, in an attempt to acquit him.
The same court refused last month to condemn Ben-David at the pretext that he could be mentally disordered, although it admitted that he and his accomplices committed the crime.
The court decided to give more time to determine the mental state of Ben-David, the only adult suspect in the murder of Abu Khudair, after the defense submitted a medical report claiming their defendant as mentally ill and thus ineligible to stand trial.
For his part, lawyer Muhannad Jabara, who represents the family of Abu Khudair, said that the court agreed to study the medical report of the accused and listen to the psychiatrist who wrote the report.
Jabara added that a court hearing would be held on January 20 to look into the report.
16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair was kidnapped and burned alive in Occupied Jerusalem by Ben-David and two of his followers on July 2, 2014.
The same court refused last month to condemn Ben-David at the pretext that he could be mentally disordered, although it admitted that he and his accomplices committed the crime.
The court decided to give more time to determine the mental state of Ben-David, the only adult suspect in the murder of Abu Khudair, after the defense submitted a medical report claiming their defendant as mentally ill and thus ineligible to stand trial.
For his part, lawyer Muhannad Jabara, who represents the family of Abu Khudair, said that the court agreed to study the medical report of the accused and listen to the psychiatrist who wrote the report.
Jabara added that a court hearing would be held on January 20 to look into the report.
16-year-old Mohamed Abu Khudair was kidnapped and burned alive in Occupied Jerusalem by Ben-David and two of his followers on July 2, 2014.
20 dec 2015
The District judges postponed on Sunday the decision whether to accept or reject the psychological report of the killer of Martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir to an unspecified date; the report will be sent to the concerned authorities.
A session was held at the District court to discuss the psychological report of the main suspect (Yousef Ben David) in killing Martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir; the report was submitted at the end of last month.
According to the report, Ben David suffers from psychological disorders making him unfit for a trial.
Lawyer Mohannad Jbara explained that Sunday’s session was focused on the medical report. The suspect’s lawyer said his client suffers from psychological disorders and has the right to defend himself. He also tried to justify the reason behind the delay in submitting the report to the judges (after a year and half of the crime) by saying that he was unable to present his client to a doctor during the previous months.
Lawyer Jbara pointed out that Ben David was presented to a Psychiatrist by the public prosecution after committing the crime and the doctor confirmed in his report that Ben David was sane and does not suffer from any psychological disorders making him fit for a trial.
During the session, the prosecutor stressed on the necessity to reject the psychological report since it does not meet the necessary legal requirements for acceptance.
The prosecutor also revealed that the Psychiatrist is an Israeli doctor living abroad who was able to visit Ben David last June unlike what the lawyer claims regarding the delay of submitting the report to court. The lawyer deliberately delayed submitting the report in an attempt to affect the judge’s decision.
The prosecutor also said that the Supreme Court had issued decisions refusing late claims submitted by the lawyers.
Jbara pointed out that the judges’ commission acknowledged during the session that was held last month Ben David’s full responsibility of the crime of killing Mohammad Abu Khdeir but did not convict him. According to the Israeli law, any suspect cannot be convicted before studying his psychological and mental conditions.
A session was held at the District court to discuss the psychological report of the main suspect (Yousef Ben David) in killing Martyr Mohammad Abu Khdeir; the report was submitted at the end of last month.
According to the report, Ben David suffers from psychological disorders making him unfit for a trial.
Lawyer Mohannad Jbara explained that Sunday’s session was focused on the medical report. The suspect’s lawyer said his client suffers from psychological disorders and has the right to defend himself. He also tried to justify the reason behind the delay in submitting the report to the judges (after a year and half of the crime) by saying that he was unable to present his client to a doctor during the previous months.
Lawyer Jbara pointed out that Ben David was presented to a Psychiatrist by the public prosecution after committing the crime and the doctor confirmed in his report that Ben David was sane and does not suffer from any psychological disorders making him fit for a trial.
During the session, the prosecutor stressed on the necessity to reject the psychological report since it does not meet the necessary legal requirements for acceptance.
The prosecutor also revealed that the Psychiatrist is an Israeli doctor living abroad who was able to visit Ben David last June unlike what the lawyer claims regarding the delay of submitting the report to court. The lawyer deliberately delayed submitting the report in an attempt to affect the judge’s decision.
The prosecutor also said that the Supreme Court had issued decisions refusing late claims submitted by the lawyers.
Jbara pointed out that the judges’ commission acknowledged during the session that was held last month Ben David’s full responsibility of the crime of killing Mohammad Abu Khdeir but did not convict him. According to the Israeli law, any suspect cannot be convicted before studying his psychological and mental conditions.
1 dec 2015
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, condemned the exoneration of the Israeli settler who murdered the Palestinian minor Mohammed Abu Khdeir. It cited the court’s decision as a proof of Israeli racism.
In a statement on Monday, Hamas’s spokesman Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri stressed the Palestinians’ right of defending themselves by all possible means. He called on the international community to bear its responsibility vis-à-vis the Israeli systematic terrorism against Palestinians.
The civilian court in Jerusalem on Monday delayed the conviction of the 31-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David, who murdered Mohammed by burning him alive, until December 20, ahead of assessing a mental health report that was submitted by his lawyer.
In a statement on Monday, Hamas’s spokesman Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri stressed the Palestinians’ right of defending themselves by all possible means. He called on the international community to bear its responsibility vis-à-vis the Israeli systematic terrorism against Palestinians.
The civilian court in Jerusalem on Monday delayed the conviction of the 31-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David, who murdered Mohammed by burning him alive, until December 20, ahead of assessing a mental health report that was submitted by his lawyer.
