12 july 2015
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday gave instructions to his ministers to vote against the bill which allows execution of Palestinian prisoners, saying that he opposed it. The order came during Netanyahu’s meeting with the Likud party ministers. According to the Hebrew broadcast, the bill might be discussed three months later, to find a “solution.”
MK Sharon Gal from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, was scheduled to present the new bill to the Knesset on Sunday. The law would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners and assailants in Israeli jails charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
The law was predicted to gain support of the Likud party, since 5 out of 10 members in its committee have showed support to it, alongside the Jewish home party.
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcast on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
MK Sharon Gal from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, was scheduled to present the new bill to the Knesset on Sunday. The law would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners and assailants in Israeli jails charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
The law was predicted to gain support of the Likud party, since 5 out of 10 members in its committee have showed support to it, alongside the Jewish home party.
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcast on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
Israeli Central Court in Occupied Jerusalem issued a sentence of life imprisonment against a Jerusalemite man in addition to a fine estimated at 260,000 shekels.
The Israeli radio station revealed on Sunday that the Jerusalemite detainee is called Mohammad Salaymah, 22, from Ras al-Amoud neighborhood. He was charged of five attempts of murder.
The Israeli court sentenced him to 25 years for a hit-and-run of Jewish settlements, four months ago. Four settlers and a cyclist were injured.
The Israeli radio station revealed on Sunday that the Jerusalemite detainee is called Mohammad Salaymah, 22, from Ras al-Amoud neighborhood. He was charged of five attempts of murder.
The Israeli court sentenced him to 25 years for a hit-and-run of Jewish settlements, four months ago. Four settlers and a cyclist were injured.
Legislation proposed by Yisrael Beytenu will require only a simple majority to declare a death sentence; MKs from Likud and Bayit Yehudi have given their support.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed on Sunday to form a government committee to examine a bill proposing to sentence terrorists to death.
The committee will include representatives from the coalition's factions, among them Likud MK Yariv Levin.
The proposed legislation is Yisrael Beytenu's flagship bill, an election promise made during the last elections campaign. It has recently garnered support from different members of the coalition. Likud ministers Miri Regev, Ofir Akunis, Danny Danon and Ze'ev Elkin said Saturday night that they will back the legislation. Several ministers and MKs from Bayit Yehudi also expressed their support.
The Likud decided that if Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman objects to the formation of the committee, the faction's ministers will vote against it.
Yisrael Beytenu, which objects to the committee as it views it as an "attempt to bury the proposal," raised the proposal to a discussion at the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday, which decided to postpone the vote in three months in order to allow the committee time to examine the legislation.
"The death penalty for terrorists has existence since 1994, and one terrorist got it, but he was released in the Shalit deal," Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said at the committee.
A representative from Shaked's ministry, however, said the Justice Ministry objects to sentencing terrorists to death. "Israel as a moral country will not do to murderers what they do to their victims," the representative said.
MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu), who proposed the law, rejected "the prime minister's proposal to form a 'foot-dragging committee' which will, in practice, bury the legislation. This decision is another proof that this is a non-national government that doesn't operate based on the principles of the national camp. Yisrael Beytenu will raise the proposal to a vote at the Knesset this week, and I hope that until then, all of those calling themselves 'national camp' will come to their senses."
According to the current law, a death sentence requires a unanimous decision. The law applies only in a military court and it allows a major general to mitigate the punishment. The amendment to the penal code entitled "the death penalty sentence for a convicted murderer motivated by nationalism" stipulates that a death sentence can be declared by simple majority. The law would apply to any district court and the sentence would not be subject to mitigation.
Likud ministers said that they would support the proposal because of its importance, despite the fact that it was filed by an opposition party. Regev said that "terrorists are to rot in jail and in extreme cases merit the death penalty. It's no secret that I supported releasing terrorists on behalf of the captive soldier Gilad Shalit; however, I said that from the moment of Shalit's return to Israel, the policy must be clear – terrorists should not be released."
"The fight against terrorism is the world's greatest challenge in the 21st century, and all the more so, Israel's greatest challenge," states the bill's explanatory note.
"And yet there is a huge gap between the way Israel metes out punishments and the reality it faces. Releasing terrorists before their period of imprisonment is completed, including those who carried out the most heinous terrorist attacks, gives the opposite message and does not contribute to the fight against terrorism and Israel's deterrent capability.
The purpose of this bill is to be a significant deterrent for perpetrators of terrorist acts, knowing that Israel's policy is becoming stricter and that it will no longer compromise regarding this type of crime. Therefore, given the reality Israel is dealing with, the death penalty is an essential deterrent."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed on Sunday to form a government committee to examine a bill proposing to sentence terrorists to death.
The committee will include representatives from the coalition's factions, among them Likud MK Yariv Levin.
The proposed legislation is Yisrael Beytenu's flagship bill, an election promise made during the last elections campaign. It has recently garnered support from different members of the coalition. Likud ministers Miri Regev, Ofir Akunis, Danny Danon and Ze'ev Elkin said Saturday night that they will back the legislation. Several ministers and MKs from Bayit Yehudi also expressed their support.
The Likud decided that if Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman objects to the formation of the committee, the faction's ministers will vote against it.
Yisrael Beytenu, which objects to the committee as it views it as an "attempt to bury the proposal," raised the proposal to a discussion at the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday, which decided to postpone the vote in three months in order to allow the committee time to examine the legislation.
"The death penalty for terrorists has existence since 1994, and one terrorist got it, but he was released in the Shalit deal," Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said at the committee.
A representative from Shaked's ministry, however, said the Justice Ministry objects to sentencing terrorists to death. "Israel as a moral country will not do to murderers what they do to their victims," the representative said.
MK Sharon Gal (Yisrael Beytenu), who proposed the law, rejected "the prime minister's proposal to form a 'foot-dragging committee' which will, in practice, bury the legislation. This decision is another proof that this is a non-national government that doesn't operate based on the principles of the national camp. Yisrael Beytenu will raise the proposal to a vote at the Knesset this week, and I hope that until then, all of those calling themselves 'national camp' will come to their senses."
According to the current law, a death sentence requires a unanimous decision. The law applies only in a military court and it allows a major general to mitigate the punishment. The amendment to the penal code entitled "the death penalty sentence for a convicted murderer motivated by nationalism" stipulates that a death sentence can be declared by simple majority. The law would apply to any district court and the sentence would not be subject to mitigation.
Likud ministers said that they would support the proposal because of its importance, despite the fact that it was filed by an opposition party. Regev said that "terrorists are to rot in jail and in extreme cases merit the death penalty. It's no secret that I supported releasing terrorists on behalf of the captive soldier Gilad Shalit; however, I said that from the moment of Shalit's return to Israel, the policy must be clear – terrorists should not be released."
"The fight against terrorism is the world's greatest challenge in the 21st century, and all the more so, Israel's greatest challenge," states the bill's explanatory note.
"And yet there is a huge gap between the way Israel metes out punishments and the reality it faces. Releasing terrorists before their period of imprisonment is completed, including those who carried out the most heinous terrorist attacks, gives the opposite message and does not contribute to the fight against terrorism and Israel's deterrent capability.
The purpose of this bill is to be a significant deterrent for perpetrators of terrorist acts, knowing that Israel's policy is becoming stricter and that it will no longer compromise regarding this type of crime. Therefore, given the reality Israel is dealing with, the death penalty is an essential deterrent."
MK Sharon Gal from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, is scheduled to present a new bill to the Knesset on Sunday that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.The bill is predicted to gain support of the Likud party, since 5 out of 10 members in its committee have showed support to it, alongside the Jewish home party.
The bill allows the execution of Palestinian prisoners or assailants charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcasted on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
The bill allows the execution of Palestinian prisoners or assailants charged with “crimes over national backgrounds.”
In order to pass, the bill needs to gain vote of the majority of MKs, and will be passed in the government and go through three readings before the Knesset.
A similar bill was previously presented, but was immediately slaughtered due to protests by human-rights organizations and fears of “distorting the image of Israel.”
According to a report broadcasted on the second Hebrew channel Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
Israeli forces in the past three months have killed 12, injured 317 and arrested approximately 1118 Palestinians. The soldiers often shoot dead any Palestinian assailant on the spot, in case they attempt to attack any Israeli settler or soldier.
Last week, 17 year-old Mohammed Al-Kasaba was shot dead by soldiers as he attempted to climb the apartheid wall near Qalandia and attend Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Despite the decision to open an investigation into the shooting, the Israeli officer who killed Al-Kasaba enjoys the support of the IOF on a political level. This was confirmed by a senior official in the region who visited the site of al-Kasaba’s shooting and expressed his support for the Israeli officer involved.
Before Al-Kasaba, Ayoub Abu Rumaila (21), was shot and wounded by occupation forces at the Qalandiya checkpoint, in the road between Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Other than the direct killings by Israeli soldiers, Israel often demolishes the homes of Palestinian assailants, withdraws residency papers and IDs from their families who are threatened with administrative detention at any moment.
10 july 2015
Sharon Gal, Knesset member for the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, is scheduled to present a new bill to the Knesset on Sunday that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
According to a report broadcast on the second Hebrew channel on Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
The channel quoted Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Jewish Home Party, as saying that all the members of the parliamentary blocs would support the proposed law.
According to a report broadcast on the second Hebrew channel on Thursday, the proposed law raises many disagreements in the Israeli political arena.
The channel quoted Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Jewish Home Party, as saying that all the members of the parliamentary blocs would support the proposed law.
9 july 2015
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Former contestant on Israeli singing competition, Adi Lederman, takes plea bargain, confessing to computer trespassing and infringement of privacy and property rights.
A former contestant in Israel's version of "American Idol" was jailed for 14 months on Thursday for selling demo tracks he stole from Madonna's latest album by hacking into the email and cloud accounts of people close to the singer. Under a plea bargain at Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, Adi Lederman confessed to computer trespassing and infringement of privacy and property rights in connection with the offences, committed last year. |
He was also fined 15,000 shekels ($4,000).
According to court papers, Lederman sold demo tracks from Madonna's album "Rebel Heart" to two buyers at $300 each, having copied the files from cloud accounts whose passwords he obtained after hacking email servers used by her musical director Kevin Antunes, talent manager Guy Oseary and two other people. Lederman also obtained parts of Madonna's work diary.
"The ease with which crimes such as this can be committed by those who have skills in the field, such as the accused, require an appropriate punitive response that has a deterrent and uncompromising message," the court said in a statement.
Arguing for leniency, Lederman's lawyer told the court that his client was "not someone with a criminal mentality, but rather, a very fired-up and impassioned collector who went too far". Lederman had health problems, said the lawyer, declining to detail these for the court record out of privacy concerns. Lederman, 39, was arrested in January after an investigation assisted by the FBI.
Unfinished tracks from "Rebel Heart" had leaked online a month earlier. Madonna has said the crime was an "invasion into my life - creatively, professionally and personally (that) remains a deeply devastating and hurtful experience".
Lederman previously made a brief appearance on "A Star Is Born", Israel's version of "American Idol", before being voted off.
According to court papers, Lederman sold demo tracks from Madonna's album "Rebel Heart" to two buyers at $300 each, having copied the files from cloud accounts whose passwords he obtained after hacking email servers used by her musical director Kevin Antunes, talent manager Guy Oseary and two other people. Lederman also obtained parts of Madonna's work diary.
"The ease with which crimes such as this can be committed by those who have skills in the field, such as the accused, require an appropriate punitive response that has a deterrent and uncompromising message," the court said in a statement.
Arguing for leniency, Lederman's lawyer told the court that his client was "not someone with a criminal mentality, but rather, a very fired-up and impassioned collector who went too far". Lederman had health problems, said the lawyer, declining to detail these for the court record out of privacy concerns. Lederman, 39, was arrested in January after an investigation assisted by the FBI.
Unfinished tracks from "Rebel Heart" had leaked online a month earlier. Madonna has said the crime was an "invasion into my life - creatively, professionally and personally (that) remains a deeply devastating and hurtful experience".
Lederman previously made a brief appearance on "A Star Is Born", Israel's version of "American Idol", before being voted off.
An Israeli court in Jerusalem, Thursday, sentenced a Palestinian man to 18 months in prison over allegedly using the social media website Facebook as a mode of "incitement."
Misbah Sbeih Abu Sbeih, 38, was given a one year sentence as well as a six month suspended sentence for incitement, and his phone was confiscated as the tool used for the crime, according to head of the Jerusalem detainees families committee Amjad Abu Asab.
Abu Sbeih was detained by Israeli forces on Jan. 12, 2015, during a court hearing for his son Ezzedin. His sentencing comes as Palestinians are regularly detained by Israeli forces for posting on Facebook. On June 30, Israeli forces rearrested Tareq Qurd, 21, from his home in occupied East Jerusalem hours after he was released following a six-month detention for similar charges.
Qurd was one of eight Palestinians convicted of "incitement via Facebook" in December last year. Their indictment said that Israeli intelligence had monitored the men's Facebook postings since June 2014, after three Israeli settlers were kidnapped and killed in the occupied West Bank.
The intelligence said that their online comments had raised tensions across Jerusalem and encouraged acts of "terrorism."
They cited in particular postings on the murder of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, who was kidnapped and killed by a group of Jewish extremists in July, as well as on a spate of Palestinian attacks on Israeli military and civilians that mostly took place in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israelis on social media routinely and openly incite violence against Palestinians, especially during heightened periods of tensions such as last summer's military offensive on Gaza, but none have yet faced prosecution. In recent months, the Palestinian Authority has also arrested Palestinians over postings on Facebook that have been critical of the PA and the Palestinian security services.
Misbah Sbeih Abu Sbeih, 38, was given a one year sentence as well as a six month suspended sentence for incitement, and his phone was confiscated as the tool used for the crime, according to head of the Jerusalem detainees families committee Amjad Abu Asab.
Abu Sbeih was detained by Israeli forces on Jan. 12, 2015, during a court hearing for his son Ezzedin. His sentencing comes as Palestinians are regularly detained by Israeli forces for posting on Facebook. On June 30, Israeli forces rearrested Tareq Qurd, 21, from his home in occupied East Jerusalem hours after he was released following a six-month detention for similar charges.
Qurd was one of eight Palestinians convicted of "incitement via Facebook" in December last year. Their indictment said that Israeli intelligence had monitored the men's Facebook postings since June 2014, after three Israeli settlers were kidnapped and killed in the occupied West Bank.
The intelligence said that their online comments had raised tensions across Jerusalem and encouraged acts of "terrorism."
They cited in particular postings on the murder of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, who was kidnapped and killed by a group of Jewish extremists in July, as well as on a spate of Palestinian attacks on Israeli military and civilians that mostly took place in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israelis on social media routinely and openly incite violence against Palestinians, especially during heightened periods of tensions such as last summer's military offensive on Gaza, but none have yet faced prosecution. In recent months, the Palestinian Authority has also arrested Palestinians over postings on Facebook that have been critical of the PA and the Palestinian security services.
An Israeli legislation calling for a mandatory life sentence for kidnappers of occupation soldiers passed a preliminary vote in the Knesset Wednesday.
Israeli media outlets said a bill requesting that kidnappers of Israeli soldiers be sentenced with life in prison passed its preliminary reading in the Knesset, with a majority of MKs voting in favor.
The bill is due to be forwarded for approval in its second and third readings pending ultimate finalization.
The legislation pushed for imprisoning kidnappers of Israeli soldiers to life and also for banning their release in whatever swap deal expected to be struck with the captors.
The bill was proposed in light of the reported abduction of Israeli soldiers by Hamas resistance fighters. A state of frenzy has overwhelmed Israeli officials in an attempt to snuff out the flames of the rage fanned by such pieces of news.
Israeli media outlets said a bill requesting that kidnappers of Israeli soldiers be sentenced with life in prison passed its preliminary reading in the Knesset, with a majority of MKs voting in favor.
The bill is due to be forwarded for approval in its second and third readings pending ultimate finalization.
The legislation pushed for imprisoning kidnappers of Israeli soldiers to life and also for banning their release in whatever swap deal expected to be struck with the captors.
The bill was proposed in light of the reported abduction of Israeli soldiers by Hamas resistance fighters. A state of frenzy has overwhelmed Israeli officials in an attempt to snuff out the flames of the rage fanned by such pieces of news.
A secret deal between Likud party and Yisrael Beiteinu party in the Knesset was today exposed. The deal, agreed between Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu President Avigdor Lieberman, would enable both parties to object to the appointment of any judge in the so-called Supreme Court.
This comes after the Likud block agreed with the president of Yisrael Beiteinu to support Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beiteinu) in his election campaign to become a member of the Committee which runs the selection process of judges, as opposed to a Yisrael Beitenu block vote (6 Knesset members) in secret elections on the nomination of a member of the Likud bloc, Nurit Corinne, the same committee.
In the case of Ilatov’s election, the two parties could prevent the appointment of any judge, as the appointment requires a majority of 7 out of the total 9. If he were elected, there would be 3 right-wing representatives in the Committee: Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, as well as Corrine and Ilatov.
It is expected the elections will be held in two weeks time on August 22.
The Supreme Court is Israel’s highest court and point of recourse.
On Tuesday, it issued a decision giving the Ministry of Defense and Israeli army the green light to being building a new section of the separation wall in Cremisan valley near Beit Jala, despite multiple appeals made by the families whose land the wall will destroy.
This comes after the Likud block agreed with the president of Yisrael Beiteinu to support Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beiteinu) in his election campaign to become a member of the Committee which runs the selection process of judges, as opposed to a Yisrael Beitenu block vote (6 Knesset members) in secret elections on the nomination of a member of the Likud bloc, Nurit Corinne, the same committee.
In the case of Ilatov’s election, the two parties could prevent the appointment of any judge, as the appointment requires a majority of 7 out of the total 9. If he were elected, there would be 3 right-wing representatives in the Committee: Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked, as well as Corrine and Ilatov.
It is expected the elections will be held in two weeks time on August 22.
The Supreme Court is Israel’s highest court and point of recourse.
On Tuesday, it issued a decision giving the Ministry of Defense and Israeli army the green light to being building a new section of the separation wall in Cremisan valley near Beit Jala, despite multiple appeals made by the families whose land the wall will destroy.
8 july 2015
A plea bargain was concluded between the Israeli prosecution and the defense representatives of the Palestinian captive Hamza Matrouk, 23, sentencing him to 28 years imprisonment, according to Israeli media reports Wednesday.
Matrouk is charged with carrying out a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in January 2015 which rendered twelve settlers wounded, the condition of three of them were described as critical. He is also charged with attempted murder, causing damage, and illegal residence in Tel Aviv.
The indictment claimed that after the Israeli war on Gaza last August Matrouk decided to carry out an operation to avenge the murder of Palestinian civilians at the hands of Israeli invading forces.
Matrouk is charged with carrying out a stabbing attack in Tel Aviv in January 2015 which rendered twelve settlers wounded, the condition of three of them were described as critical. He is also charged with attempted murder, causing damage, and illegal residence in Tel Aviv.
The indictment claimed that after the Israeli war on Gaza last August Matrouk decided to carry out an operation to avenge the murder of Palestinian civilians at the hands of Israeli invading forces.
Israel's Minister of Internal Security has said that his government will not allow Palestinian detainees to go on hunger strike. According to Gilad Ardenne, such action is to be regarded as a "suicide operation".
Ardenne made his comment as he attempted to justify the "force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners bill" which was approved in its first reading by the Israeli parliament on Sunday night. On its website, the Knesset said that the bill was passed by a small majority of 53 members to 50. The proposed legislation must be voted through a second and third time before it becomes law.
In an official written statement, a copy of which was sent to Anadolu by an Israeli police spokeswoman, it was explained that the purpose of this law is to provide "a proper balance between Israel's right to defend itself against the growth and the expansion of the hunger-striking prisoners phenomenon and its duty to deal with those who are under its control in a humane manner."
The statement added that "in accordance with the principles of Jewish law, the state has to take the responsibility for saving the lives of those on hunger striker in whatever way possible, even if that is against the hunger strikers' will, as it is prohibited for a human to harm himself."
A number of Palestinian prisoners have gone on hunger strikes in Israeli jails to protest against their detention, forcing the Israeli prison administration to respond to their demands.
Knesset Votes to Force Feed Hunger Strikers
Israeli politicians have voted to continue work on a bill to allow hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be force-fed. Those who oppose it have argued that this is meant to silence convicts through torture similar to the force-feeding in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.
On Monday night, the vote at the Knesset plenum passed with 53 in favor and 50 opposed. The controversial bill, which could be soon fast-tracked into law, would allow Israeli prisons commissioners to ask a court for an official permission to force-feed a prisoner when a doctor recommends doing so, should there be a risk of a grave deterioration in the prisoner’s health.
According to RT/Al Ray, the court, in its turn, will have to thoroughly analyze the mental state of the prisoner, the dangers of force-feeding via an enteral tube, as well as the prisoner’s postion on the matter, among other issues. If the request is given the green light by the court, the prisoner can be fed against his will, while a prison guard is allowed to resort to physical force to feed the prisoner.
The Israel Medical Association (IMA) has strongly opposed the controversial bill, who have said that “Force-feeding of hunger strikers is considered to be a form of torture,” along with the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to name a few.
“A doctor will not participate in force-feeding a hunger striker,” IMA says adding that a hunger striker is“entitled to request a second medical opinion and is entitled to request that the second doctor will be responsible for his continued treatment. In the case of an incarcerated hunger striker, the matter will be coordinated with the prison doctor.”
Ardenne made his comment as he attempted to justify the "force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners bill" which was approved in its first reading by the Israeli parliament on Sunday night. On its website, the Knesset said that the bill was passed by a small majority of 53 members to 50. The proposed legislation must be voted through a second and third time before it becomes law.
In an official written statement, a copy of which was sent to Anadolu by an Israeli police spokeswoman, it was explained that the purpose of this law is to provide "a proper balance between Israel's right to defend itself against the growth and the expansion of the hunger-striking prisoners phenomenon and its duty to deal with those who are under its control in a humane manner."
The statement added that "in accordance with the principles of Jewish law, the state has to take the responsibility for saving the lives of those on hunger striker in whatever way possible, even if that is against the hunger strikers' will, as it is prohibited for a human to harm himself."
A number of Palestinian prisoners have gone on hunger strikes in Israeli jails to protest against their detention, forcing the Israeli prison administration to respond to their demands.
Knesset Votes to Force Feed Hunger Strikers
Israeli politicians have voted to continue work on a bill to allow hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be force-fed. Those who oppose it have argued that this is meant to silence convicts through torture similar to the force-feeding in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.
On Monday night, the vote at the Knesset plenum passed with 53 in favor and 50 opposed. The controversial bill, which could be soon fast-tracked into law, would allow Israeli prisons commissioners to ask a court for an official permission to force-feed a prisoner when a doctor recommends doing so, should there be a risk of a grave deterioration in the prisoner’s health.
According to RT/Al Ray, the court, in its turn, will have to thoroughly analyze the mental state of the prisoner, the dangers of force-feeding via an enteral tube, as well as the prisoner’s postion on the matter, among other issues. If the request is given the green light by the court, the prisoner can be fed against his will, while a prison guard is allowed to resort to physical force to feed the prisoner.
The Israel Medical Association (IMA) has strongly opposed the controversial bill, who have said that “Force-feeding of hunger strikers is considered to be a form of torture,” along with the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to name a few.
“A doctor will not participate in force-feeding a hunger striker,” IMA says adding that a hunger striker is“entitled to request a second medical opinion and is entitled to request that the second doctor will be responsible for his continued treatment. In the case of an incarcerated hunger striker, the matter will be coordinated with the prison doctor.”
Israel’s Supreme Court yesterday issued a decision giving the Ministry of Defense and Israeli army the green light to being building a new section of the separation wall in Cremisan valley near Beit Jala.
The Court overturned its previous decision to halt the construction of the wall in Cremisan and its surroundings, including Alszayan nunnery (represented by Yves Saint Foundation) and the monastery (represented by lawyer Nihad Irsheid), in addition to the monastery’s lands. The army will begin building the wall on family lands in Beit Jala, leaving just a small piece undeveloped at the current time along the edges of the monastery’s lands.
This decision comes after the Israeli Ministry in May notified all concerned parties of its intention to begin building the eastern section of the wall on the lands of Beit Jala families. The Ministry of Defense alleged that the Supreme Court’s decision would make sure that the wall was to be built on unclaimed lands and that it would not separate the monastery from its lands and sheep.
Following this notification, lawyer Gheyath Nasser and his clients from Beit Jala families submitted an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court to prevent this decision from being adopted, demanding that they reinstate their previous resolution to bar the building of a new section of wall in Cremisan valley. Yves Saint Foundation and the other parties joined together to support Nasser’s appeal, however the Court took the same position as the Ministry of Defense and rejected the appeal. The Court indicated that the main point was that the wall would leave the areas surrounding the monastery untouched.
The Israeli Supreme Court had in May issued a resolution rejecting the proposed path of the wall in Cremisan valley due to concerns for the huge impact on the residents’ lives. It demanded that the Ministry of Defense make adjustments to the proposal in order to minimize that impact, stressing that the most important thing was to protect the monastery and its lands, as well as preserve territorial contiguity between the monastery and the residents of the surrounding areas.
Saint Yves Foundation condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to give the green light to the army and Ministry of Defense to build the wall, saying that the decision would lead to Palestinian loss of land and livelihood, and have a long and severe effect on the population’s quality of life despite the amendments made by the Ministry of Defense.
Gheyath Nasser clarified that the Supreme Court’s decision would not end his clients’ appeals in the legal struggle of this cause. He said that if the Court would not reinstate its previous decision in a final manner, his clients would be badly affected by the proposed route of the wall.
Although the Israeli army insists on building the wall, it is the citizens’ right to appeal again to the Court in order to assert their claim. Nasser stressed that they will appeal again in the coming days to the Supreme Court, and will demand that the Court listen to the citizens’ concerns as well as those of the Ministry of Defense.
The Court overturned its previous decision to halt the construction of the wall in Cremisan and its surroundings, including Alszayan nunnery (represented by Yves Saint Foundation) and the monastery (represented by lawyer Nihad Irsheid), in addition to the monastery’s lands. The army will begin building the wall on family lands in Beit Jala, leaving just a small piece undeveloped at the current time along the edges of the monastery’s lands.
This decision comes after the Israeli Ministry in May notified all concerned parties of its intention to begin building the eastern section of the wall on the lands of Beit Jala families. The Ministry of Defense alleged that the Supreme Court’s decision would make sure that the wall was to be built on unclaimed lands and that it would not separate the monastery from its lands and sheep.
Following this notification, lawyer Gheyath Nasser and his clients from Beit Jala families submitted an appeal to the Israeli Supreme Court to prevent this decision from being adopted, demanding that they reinstate their previous resolution to bar the building of a new section of wall in Cremisan valley. Yves Saint Foundation and the other parties joined together to support Nasser’s appeal, however the Court took the same position as the Ministry of Defense and rejected the appeal. The Court indicated that the main point was that the wall would leave the areas surrounding the monastery untouched.
The Israeli Supreme Court had in May issued a resolution rejecting the proposed path of the wall in Cremisan valley due to concerns for the huge impact on the residents’ lives. It demanded that the Ministry of Defense make adjustments to the proposal in order to minimize that impact, stressing that the most important thing was to protect the monastery and its lands, as well as preserve territorial contiguity between the monastery and the residents of the surrounding areas.
Saint Yves Foundation condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to give the green light to the army and Ministry of Defense to build the wall, saying that the decision would lead to Palestinian loss of land and livelihood, and have a long and severe effect on the population’s quality of life despite the amendments made by the Ministry of Defense.
Gheyath Nasser clarified that the Supreme Court’s decision would not end his clients’ appeals in the legal struggle of this cause. He said that if the Court would not reinstate its previous decision in a final manner, his clients would be badly affected by the proposed route of the wall.
Although the Israeli army insists on building the wall, it is the citizens’ right to appeal again to the Court in order to assert their claim. Nasser stressed that they will appeal again in the coming days to the Supreme Court, and will demand that the Court listen to the citizens’ concerns as well as those of the Ministry of Defense.
7 july 2015
The Israeli Salem military court sentenced on Tuesday the leader in Hamas Movement Sheikh Nazih Abu Oun to one year imprisonment and imposed a heavy fine on him of 20,000 shekels (about 6,500 dollars), according to local sources.
Sheikh Abu Oun was arrested last year during an Israeli mass arrest campaign against Hamas cadres and supporters just few days after his release from the Palestinian Authority jails.
The sources added that Sheikh Abu Oun, who has spent more than 15 years in the Israeli jails, was supposed to be released the day after tomorrow as he was arrested on July 9, 2014.
Sheikh Abu Oun was arrested last year during an Israeli mass arrest campaign against Hamas cadres and supporters just few days after his release from the Palestinian Authority jails.
The sources added that Sheikh Abu Oun, who has spent more than 15 years in the Israeli jails, was supposed to be released the day after tomorrow as he was arrested on July 9, 2014.
Yesh Atid petition against Netanyahu's holding of foreign ministry, health ministry, communications ministry gains support in supreme court.
Supreme Court judges voiced disapproval Tuesday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political maneuvers that left him in control of multiple government ministries in wake of April's elections, saying that the policy opposed the Basic Law: The Government.
In an attempt to save open positions for Labor representatives in case a unity government was formed, Netanyahu chose to appoint a foreign minister, health minister, communications minister or regional cooperation minister, taking on the positions himself while naming deputies to these ministries.
The judges made their message clear during a discussion on a petition filed by the Yesh Atid party in May, calling for Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to be fired, on the grounds that his appointment was illegal. After the petition was filed, the State drew up an outline of what Netanyahu hoped would be an acceptable and clear division of duties between himself and the health deputy, but Yesh Atid officials called the outline a "deception" and continued calling for Litzman's removal.
Judge Hanan Melcer explained during the discussion that, "A prime minister can't be a minister at all. In the previous draft of the Basic Law: Government, there was an article that said that a prime minister could be appointed to a ministry but in the updated Basic Law: Government, they took away this article."
The court decided that Yesh Atid will present the judges with an amended petition next week. A lawyer representing the party said they would seek to remove the prime minister from all of his ministerial positions.
Supreme Court judges voiced disapproval Tuesday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political maneuvers that left him in control of multiple government ministries in wake of April's elections, saying that the policy opposed the Basic Law: The Government.
In an attempt to save open positions for Labor representatives in case a unity government was formed, Netanyahu chose to appoint a foreign minister, health minister, communications minister or regional cooperation minister, taking on the positions himself while naming deputies to these ministries.
The judges made their message clear during a discussion on a petition filed by the Yesh Atid party in May, calling for Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to be fired, on the grounds that his appointment was illegal. After the petition was filed, the State drew up an outline of what Netanyahu hoped would be an acceptable and clear division of duties between himself and the health deputy, but Yesh Atid officials called the outline a "deception" and continued calling for Litzman's removal.
Judge Hanan Melcer explained during the discussion that, "A prime minister can't be a minister at all. In the previous draft of the Basic Law: Government, there was an article that said that a prime minister could be appointed to a ministry but in the updated Basic Law: Government, they took away this article."
The court decided that Yesh Atid will present the judges with an amended petition next week. A lawyer representing the party said they would seek to remove the prime minister from all of his ministerial positions.
5 july 2015
The Knesset will today discuss a draft law preventing the nomination of Arabs who reject Israeli policy.
The Israeli Ministerial Committee of Law will today discuss a draft law which would add an amendment onto the original Knesset law.
Under this amendment, any person who participates in illegal activities against the Israeli army, the state and its population, or who publicly expresses their support for such activities, will not be permitted to run in the Knesset elections.
The Committee will discuss this draft law aiming to impose a jail-term penalty on whomever attempts to reject Israeli national policy.
The goal of this amendment is allegedly to add force to the power of deterrence, and to raise the price paid by the perpetrators of such acts.
The Israeli Ministerial Committee of Law will today discuss a draft law which would add an amendment onto the original Knesset law.
Under this amendment, any person who participates in illegal activities against the Israeli army, the state and its population, or who publicly expresses their support for such activities, will not be permitted to run in the Knesset elections.
The Committee will discuss this draft law aiming to impose a jail-term penalty on whomever attempts to reject Israeli national policy.
The goal of this amendment is allegedly to add force to the power of deterrence, and to raise the price paid by the perpetrators of such acts.
Assistant Commissioner Ephraim Bracha ends his life in his car; Bracha rose through the ranks in high-profile investigations and bribery scandals.
Israel's number one detective, Assistant Commissioner Ephraim Bracha, who was suspect in multiple bribery scandals, shot himself in his car near his home in Modiin early Sunday morning. Paramedics arrived on the scene where they declare his death.
Bracha was thought of by some as a brilliant detective and one of the most skilled officers in the police force. He had risen to fame within the police ranks, after recently leading sensitive investigations of national importance.
Bracha's name had rose to national attention when his name was brought up in connection with bribery allegations in the case of the Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto. However, all appeals against his new appointment as assistant commissioner where denied.
An appeal against Bracha's appointment to chief of the national fraud unit was denied. Three judges, including the Supreme Court president, Asher Grunis, stated the Bracha was qualified for the position due to his achievements in the police. Bracha led the fraud unit during the investigations of Minister Silvan Shalom and MK Fuad Ben-Eliezer.
The judges said that the state and the prosecutor challenged the Court's decision at the time; however, they were unable to appeal the decision after failing to find new evidence. The prosecution did state, however, that new evidence had come up pointing to institutional failures that where not directly tied to Bracha but may have changed the judge's decision to not intervene in his appointment.
Related: Senior Israeli officer at Shabak commits suicide
Israel's number one detective, Assistant Commissioner Ephraim Bracha, who was suspect in multiple bribery scandals, shot himself in his car near his home in Modiin early Sunday morning. Paramedics arrived on the scene where they declare his death.
Bracha was thought of by some as a brilliant detective and one of the most skilled officers in the police force. He had risen to fame within the police ranks, after recently leading sensitive investigations of national importance.
Bracha's name had rose to national attention when his name was brought up in connection with bribery allegations in the case of the Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto. However, all appeals against his new appointment as assistant commissioner where denied.
An appeal against Bracha's appointment to chief of the national fraud unit was denied. Three judges, including the Supreme Court president, Asher Grunis, stated the Bracha was qualified for the position due to his achievements in the police. Bracha led the fraud unit during the investigations of Minister Silvan Shalom and MK Fuad Ben-Eliezer.
The judges said that the state and the prosecutor challenged the Court's decision at the time; however, they were unable to appeal the decision after failing to find new evidence. The prosecution did state, however, that new evidence had come up pointing to institutional failures that where not directly tied to Bracha but may have changed the judge's decision to not intervene in his appointment.
Related: Senior Israeli officer at Shabak commits suicide
3 july 2015
Deputy of Israeli War Minister Eli Ben Dahan has submitted a draft resolution to forever displace the families of Palestinians who were involved in attacks against Israeli targets.
Israeli media reports quoted Friday Ben Dahan stating that displacing Palestinian militants and their families forever will help prevent them from committing attacks against Israeli targets.
Ben Dahan called on Israeli Justice Minister Elite Shaked to study the proposal to be then officially adopted, the sources added.
Israeli displacement policy has been carried out against Palestinians in total violation to international laws and conventions that strongly prevent the displacement of people protected under Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Israeli media reports quoted Friday Ben Dahan stating that displacing Palestinian militants and their families forever will help prevent them from committing attacks against Israeli targets.
Ben Dahan called on Israeli Justice Minister Elite Shaked to study the proposal to be then officially adopted, the sources added.
Israeli displacement policy has been carried out against Palestinians in total violation to international laws and conventions that strongly prevent the displacement of people protected under Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
19 june 2015
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An Israeli rights group released, on Tuesday, a video showing Israeli soldiers intentionally targeting child who posed them no danger.
In March of 2014, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Yusef al-Shawamreh, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, as he went through a gap in the illegal Israeli Apartheid Wall, in the area of the village of Deir Al-‘Asal Al-Foqa, southwest of Al-Khalil. According to Days of Palestine, the boy had been to the area to pick edible plants from his family’s land, on the other side of the wall, in order to help provide for his family. An investigation conducted by B’Tselem, in addition to material from the |
Israeli Military Police Investigation Unit file indicated that “the boy was shot in broad daylight, although he posed no danger.”
File closed, no one indicted
In July of 2014, roughly four months after the killing took place, then-Military Advocate for Operational Matters Lieutenant Colonel Ronen Hirsch notified B’Tselem that the Military Advocate General (MAG) had decided to close the investigation.
The MAG said that the investigation was closed without serving any indictments, as he claimed there was “no suspicion that the open-fire regulations had been breached or that any military personnel were involved in criminal action.”
In the letter, Hirsch wrote that four soldiers, who had mounted an ambush, spotted three Palestinians sabotaging and crossing the Separation Barrier.
The soldiers then carried out suspect apprehension procedure, ending with one soldier shooting at the lower part of Al-Shawamreh’s leg. However, according to Hirsch, the shot mistakenly hit Al-Shawamreh in the waist, killing him.
Intentional killing
B’Tselem said it requested a copy of the investigation file and was sent a partial copy only, including video footage taken by a military surveillance camera.
While the information in the file revealed errors in B’Tselem’s initial inquiry, it corroborated its conclusions and highlighted the particularly appalling aspects of the incident.
According to the file, on March 19, 2014, three Palestinians, an 18-year-old and two minors, went up to several gaps in the Separation Barrier that had long been used by Palestinian teenagers to cross through and pick edible Gundelia plants from their families’ land on the other side.
The military had sealed the gaps in the fence the previous evening, and the ambush soldiers reinforced the seal with metal wire and plastic handcuffs, upon its arrival at the area.
When the three teenagers found the gaps closed, they removed the wires from one of them, crossing the fence and the adjacent buffer zone.
Only then, two of the soldiers revealed themselves. They called out to the boys to stop, fired two warning shots in the air and, then, fatally shot 14-year-old Al-Shawamreh.
‘Sloppy investigation’
B’Tselem’s examination of the MPIU file found that the military's investigation was sloppy and partial.
No apparent attempt was made to reconcile the contradicting versions given by suspects and witnesses, and the responsibility of the commanders who decided to mount an armed ambush at the spot was utterly ignored, according to the group.
File closed, no one indicted
In July of 2014, roughly four months after the killing took place, then-Military Advocate for Operational Matters Lieutenant Colonel Ronen Hirsch notified B’Tselem that the Military Advocate General (MAG) had decided to close the investigation.
The MAG said that the investigation was closed without serving any indictments, as he claimed there was “no suspicion that the open-fire regulations had been breached or that any military personnel were involved in criminal action.”
In the letter, Hirsch wrote that four soldiers, who had mounted an ambush, spotted three Palestinians sabotaging and crossing the Separation Barrier.
The soldiers then carried out suspect apprehension procedure, ending with one soldier shooting at the lower part of Al-Shawamreh’s leg. However, according to Hirsch, the shot mistakenly hit Al-Shawamreh in the waist, killing him.
Intentional killing
B’Tselem said it requested a copy of the investigation file and was sent a partial copy only, including video footage taken by a military surveillance camera.
While the information in the file revealed errors in B’Tselem’s initial inquiry, it corroborated its conclusions and highlighted the particularly appalling aspects of the incident.
According to the file, on March 19, 2014, three Palestinians, an 18-year-old and two minors, went up to several gaps in the Separation Barrier that had long been used by Palestinian teenagers to cross through and pick edible Gundelia plants from their families’ land on the other side.
The military had sealed the gaps in the fence the previous evening, and the ambush soldiers reinforced the seal with metal wire and plastic handcuffs, upon its arrival at the area.
When the three teenagers found the gaps closed, they removed the wires from one of them, crossing the fence and the adjacent buffer zone.
Only then, two of the soldiers revealed themselves. They called out to the boys to stop, fired two warning shots in the air and, then, fatally shot 14-year-old Al-Shawamreh.
‘Sloppy investigation’
B’Tselem’s examination of the MPIU file found that the military's investigation was sloppy and partial.
No apparent attempt was made to reconcile the contradicting versions given by suspects and witnesses, and the responsibility of the commanders who decided to mount an armed ambush at the spot was utterly ignored, according to the group.
18 june 2015
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) demands an end to the sufferance of the journalist Yousif Al-Shayeb who was detained and trialed for a report he has written and published in a Jordanian newspaper 3 years ago. Al-Shayeb case faced many errors; where now the Court of Appeals and Magistrate Court are both proceeding his case-which shows a huge error in the judging procedure.
The Magistrate Court held today 17/6/2015 a hearing session for Al-Shayeb with the absence of the case’s parties (Al-Shayeb & the Complainants), yet they dealt with Al-Shayeb as present. It should be pointed out that the Court of Appeals already held a hearing session for the same case yesterday.
MADA’s lawyer Mr. Raed Abdul Hamid said that he will file a complaint tomorrow to the Judicial Inspection Unit against this error.
The Court of Appeals held yesterday 16/6/2015 a hearing session to decide about Al-Shayeb’s case based on an appeal request filed by MADA’s lawyer Mr. Raed Abdul Hamid who defends Al-Shayeb’s case. Mr. Abdul Hamid referred to the court of appeals after the magistrate court disagreed on the defenses he filed for Al-Shayeb in February 2015; where he demanded not to accept the case.
It should be pointed that the magistrate court kept proceeding Al-Shayeb’s case at the time they should stop as long as it is transferred to the court of appeals; which is a violation against the legal procedure. This violation irritated and surprised the appeal judge in the hearing session that was held yesterday, where he promised to work to correct this error and to put an end to it.
Mr. Abdul Hamid said that it is illegally permissible for the magistrate court to proceed the same case in which the court of appeals is proceeding. He also pointed out that this error shows a duality in proceeding the cases or the magistrate court might have had a belief in advance that its decision will be approved; which shows a mess in following up with the cases.
He added: “This action is risky for Al-Shayeb; where he was trialed regardless his absence at the magistrate court/where he did not attend/ since it is supposed that the work of the court of appeals automatically stops the work of the magistrate court. Therefore, the decision of the magistrate court violated the legislated right of defense and creates a contradiction if the court of appeals approved the lawyer’s defense-which was refused at the magistrate court-,”
Al-Shayeb said that he did not attend the session today because it is illegal; where the appeals judge was surprised that the magistrate court is still proceeding his case. He also explained that he suffered since his case started; where he was forced to attend all of the court’s sessions that were held throughout the past 3 years; which affected his work and commitments.
The Magistrate Court held today 17/6/2015 a hearing session for Al-Shayeb with the absence of the case’s parties (Al-Shayeb & the Complainants), yet they dealt with Al-Shayeb as present. It should be pointed out that the Court of Appeals already held a hearing session for the same case yesterday.
MADA’s lawyer Mr. Raed Abdul Hamid said that he will file a complaint tomorrow to the Judicial Inspection Unit against this error.
The Court of Appeals held yesterday 16/6/2015 a hearing session to decide about Al-Shayeb’s case based on an appeal request filed by MADA’s lawyer Mr. Raed Abdul Hamid who defends Al-Shayeb’s case. Mr. Abdul Hamid referred to the court of appeals after the magistrate court disagreed on the defenses he filed for Al-Shayeb in February 2015; where he demanded not to accept the case.
It should be pointed that the magistrate court kept proceeding Al-Shayeb’s case at the time they should stop as long as it is transferred to the court of appeals; which is a violation against the legal procedure. This violation irritated and surprised the appeal judge in the hearing session that was held yesterday, where he promised to work to correct this error and to put an end to it.
Mr. Abdul Hamid said that it is illegally permissible for the magistrate court to proceed the same case in which the court of appeals is proceeding. He also pointed out that this error shows a duality in proceeding the cases or the magistrate court might have had a belief in advance that its decision will be approved; which shows a mess in following up with the cases.
He added: “This action is risky for Al-Shayeb; where he was trialed regardless his absence at the magistrate court/where he did not attend/ since it is supposed that the work of the court of appeals automatically stops the work of the magistrate court. Therefore, the decision of the magistrate court violated the legislated right of defense and creates a contradiction if the court of appeals approved the lawyer’s defense-which was refused at the magistrate court-,”
Al-Shayeb said that he did not attend the session today because it is illegal; where the appeals judge was surprised that the magistrate court is still proceeding his case. He also explained that he suffered since his case started; where he was forced to attend all of the court’s sessions that were held throughout the past 3 years; which affected his work and commitments.
