20 mar 2016
The Israeli police on Sunday issued a gag order against reporting news on the latest arson attack on a Palestinian house belonging to Ibrahim al-Dawabsheh in Duma village, south of Nablus city.
An Israeli court approved a request filed by the police asking to ban the Israeli media from reporting details about the arson attack that happened at dawn Sunday in Duma village until 20 April.
Today's torched house is located near the site of a previous arson attack that killed last year three Palestinians. Immediate suspicion fell on Jewish extremists.
Ibrahim Dawabsheh is a relative of last year's victims and a key witness to the attack that killed them and is currently testifying before an Israeli court in the trial of two Jewish extremists.
In July last year, Jewish settlers infiltrated overnight into Duma village and hurled firebombs into a home, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, died later of their wounds.
Ali's four-year-old brother Ahmad suffered serious injuries but survived. In a related incident, violent clashes broke out today morning between local young men and Israeli soldiers in Duma village.
Several residents and students suffered suffocation when the soldiers showered homes and a school with tear gas grenades.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police detained Dawabsheh, the owner of the house which sustained fire damage today, as well as his father and a number of his relatives and neighbors, and interrogated them about the incident.
An Israeli court approved a request filed by the police asking to ban the Israeli media from reporting details about the arson attack that happened at dawn Sunday in Duma village until 20 April.
Today's torched house is located near the site of a previous arson attack that killed last year three Palestinians. Immediate suspicion fell on Jewish extremists.
Ibrahim Dawabsheh is a relative of last year's victims and a key witness to the attack that killed them and is currently testifying before an Israeli court in the trial of two Jewish extremists.
In July last year, Jewish settlers infiltrated overnight into Duma village and hurled firebombs into a home, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, died later of their wounds.
Ali's four-year-old brother Ahmad suffered serious injuries but survived. In a related incident, violent clashes broke out today morning between local young men and Israeli soldiers in Duma village.
Several residents and students suffered suffocation when the soldiers showered homes and a school with tear gas grenades.
Local sources reported that the Israeli police detained Dawabsheh, the owner of the house which sustained fire damage today, as well as his father and a number of his relatives and neighbors, and interrogated them about the incident.
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Unidentified assailants on Saturday night set fire to a house in the village of Duma in the occupied West Bank, targeting the only witness of an arson attack that killed a Palestinian family last year.
Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that unidentified attackers threw Molotov cocktails at the house of Ibrahim Dawabsha at 2 a.m. and broke a window while he and his family were sleeping. Daghlas added that Ibrahim Dawabsha was the only witness of the deadly arson attack carried out by extremist Israeli settlers on the home of Saad and Riham Dawabsha in the northern West Bank village on July 30 last year. Ahmad Dawabsha, now 5 years old, was the only survivor of the attack, |
which killed both his parents, Saad and Riham, as well as his 18-month-old brother, Ali.
Security sources said Ibrahim Dawabsha’s home was only ten meters away from the house which was burned down last year.
The sources added that Ibrahim Dawabsha and his wife were transferred to the Rafidiya hospital in Nablus for medical treatment after they suffered from smoke inhalation.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that Israeli troops and police arrived the scene and started investigating the attack, adding that "the motives behind the attack are not clear yet."
However, Daghlas said there are enough indications that the assailants were Israeli settlers. "The way they attacked, the type of fire bombs and the timing of the attack all indicate that it was Israeli settlers," he said
Locals in Duma told Ma’an clashes broke out on Sunday morning between hundreds of school children and Israeli forces in the village. At least 15 girls suffered from tear gas inhalation fired by Israeli troops, whereas an Israeli soldier was injured by a stone to the face and evacuated in an ambulance.
The attack that left young Ahmad's entire family dead in 2015 brought international outcry against Israel's failure to hold Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists accountable for attacks on Palestinians, in effect being complicit in such attacks.
Several Israelis were arrested in late 2015 over the deadly arson attack on Ahmad’s family. In January, two Israelis, one of them a minor, were charged with three counts of murder and being an accessory to murder.
Israeli leadership at the time condemned the Dawabsha attack as "terrorism," and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Israeli rights group B'Tselem slammed the reaction by Israeli officials as "empty rhetoric."
"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said at the time.
Israeli terrorists burn home of only witness to Duma arson attack
Israeli suspects on Sunday overnight burned down the home Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the key-witness to the notorious Duma arson attack.
A PIC correspondent said unidentified Israeli suspects threw two fast-flammable burning bottles into Ibrahim’s home after breaking the windows while Ibrahim and his wife were asleep, in an attempt to burn them alive.
Ibrahim and his wife were rushed to the Rafidia hospital for treatment, after they choked on the gases emanating from the burning bottles. Ibrahim is a key witness to the Duma arson attack that took place on 31 July 2015, and killed 18-month-old baby Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and Reham.
The only survivor of the arson attack is five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh, who is still being treated for the burns sustained all over his body. Journalist Hayat Dawabsheh quoted Ibrahim’s wife as stating that just a few days earlier the Israeli occupation intelligence notified them of an imminent danger. She added that the family has detected strange voices and movements around the family home over the past three days.
Ghassan Daghlas, responsible for the settlement files in the northern occupied West Bank, said the arson attack on Ibrahim’s home was carried out in the same way in which the Dawabsheh family members were burned alive. A PIC expert in Israeli affairs said the arson attack aims at spreading terror and forcing Ibrahim to rescind his testimonies in the Dawabsheh crime.
The attack comes at the same time as a hearing was held for the main Israeli suspect in the Dawabsheh arson attack, Amiram Ben-Uliel.
Injuries as IOF attacks Palestinians in Duma
Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Duma town on Sunday morning shortly after Israeli terrorists burned down the home of the only witness in the Dawabsheh arson attack.
A PIC journalist quoted eyewitnesses as saying that over 50 Palestinians were rushed to hospital after they were hit with bullet fire and teargas canisters randomly discharged by the IOF all the way through the assault.
A school adjacent to the burned home was evacuated after the occupation troops showered the area with teargas grenades, resulting in several suffocation cases among Palestinian schoolchildren.
The clashes burst out moments after heavily-armed occupation patrols rolled into Duma, in southern Nablus province, allegedly to investigate the arson attack on the home of Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the only witness in the Israeli arson crime on the Dawabsheh family home which burned 18-month-old Ali to death and his parents.
The IOF further dragged the injured house owner, Ibrahim, and his father to the Zaatara military checkpoint pending alleged investigation into the crime.
Security sources said Ibrahim Dawabsha’s home was only ten meters away from the house which was burned down last year.
The sources added that Ibrahim Dawabsha and his wife were transferred to the Rafidiya hospital in Nablus for medical treatment after they suffered from smoke inhalation.
Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri said that Israeli troops and police arrived the scene and started investigating the attack, adding that "the motives behind the attack are not clear yet."
However, Daghlas said there are enough indications that the assailants were Israeli settlers. "The way they attacked, the type of fire bombs and the timing of the attack all indicate that it was Israeli settlers," he said
Locals in Duma told Ma’an clashes broke out on Sunday morning between hundreds of school children and Israeli forces in the village. At least 15 girls suffered from tear gas inhalation fired by Israeli troops, whereas an Israeli soldier was injured by a stone to the face and evacuated in an ambulance.
The attack that left young Ahmad's entire family dead in 2015 brought international outcry against Israel's failure to hold Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists accountable for attacks on Palestinians, in effect being complicit in such attacks.
Several Israelis were arrested in late 2015 over the deadly arson attack on Ahmad’s family. In January, two Israelis, one of them a minor, were charged with three counts of murder and being an accessory to murder.
Israeli leadership at the time condemned the Dawabsha attack as "terrorism," and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Israeli rights group B'Tselem slammed the reaction by Israeli officials as "empty rhetoric."
"Official condemnations of this attack are empty rhetoric as long as politicians continue their policy of avoiding enforcement of the law on Israelis who harm Palestinians, and do not deal with the public climate and the incitement which serve as backdrop to these acts," the group said at the time.
Israeli terrorists burn home of only witness to Duma arson attack
Israeli suspects on Sunday overnight burned down the home Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the key-witness to the notorious Duma arson attack.
A PIC correspondent said unidentified Israeli suspects threw two fast-flammable burning bottles into Ibrahim’s home after breaking the windows while Ibrahim and his wife were asleep, in an attempt to burn them alive.
Ibrahim and his wife were rushed to the Rafidia hospital for treatment, after they choked on the gases emanating from the burning bottles. Ibrahim is a key witness to the Duma arson attack that took place on 31 July 2015, and killed 18-month-old baby Ali Dawabsheh and his parents Saad and Reham.
The only survivor of the arson attack is five-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh, who is still being treated for the burns sustained all over his body. Journalist Hayat Dawabsheh quoted Ibrahim’s wife as stating that just a few days earlier the Israeli occupation intelligence notified them of an imminent danger. She added that the family has detected strange voices and movements around the family home over the past three days.
Ghassan Daghlas, responsible for the settlement files in the northern occupied West Bank, said the arson attack on Ibrahim’s home was carried out in the same way in which the Dawabsheh family members were burned alive. A PIC expert in Israeli affairs said the arson attack aims at spreading terror and forcing Ibrahim to rescind his testimonies in the Dawabsheh crime.
The attack comes at the same time as a hearing was held for the main Israeli suspect in the Dawabsheh arson attack, Amiram Ben-Uliel.
Injuries as IOF attacks Palestinians in Duma
Dozens of Palestinians sustained injuries in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Duma town on Sunday morning shortly after Israeli terrorists burned down the home of the only witness in the Dawabsheh arson attack.
A PIC journalist quoted eyewitnesses as saying that over 50 Palestinians were rushed to hospital after they were hit with bullet fire and teargas canisters randomly discharged by the IOF all the way through the assault.
A school adjacent to the burned home was evacuated after the occupation troops showered the area with teargas grenades, resulting in several suffocation cases among Palestinian schoolchildren.
The clashes burst out moments after heavily-armed occupation patrols rolled into Duma, in southern Nablus province, allegedly to investigate the arson attack on the home of Ibrahim Dawabsheh, the only witness in the Israeli arson crime on the Dawabsheh family home which burned 18-month-old Ali to death and his parents.
The IOF further dragged the injured house owner, Ibrahim, and his father to the Zaatara military checkpoint pending alleged investigation into the crime.
19 mar 2016
Entrance to Liberty Bell Park
Earlier this month, five teenagers violently attacked an Arab employee of the Jerusalem Municipality in a park, yelling 'Death to Arabs' while they beat him, the attackers were indicted on Thursday.
Five Jewish men were on Thursday indicted at the Jerusalem District Court for racially motivated aggravated assault and battery.
Ahmed Badar, 40, from Silwan was violently attacked by five Jewish youths in Jerusalem's Liberty Bell Park because of his ethnicity on March 9. Four of the accused are 17 years old, and one, Netanel Goldenberg, is 19.
According to the indictment, the five assailants were returning from partying in the city center, when they passed two janitors and identified one of them as Arab. They yelled, "Death to Arabs" and continued to yell racial insults and curses as they physically attacked, throwing punches and kicking him.
"I work for the Jerusalem Municipality in the city-improvement branch," Badar said. "A friend and I had started work when, suddenly, five teenagers came into the Liberty Bell Bark.
"They yelled, 'Death to Arabs! Death to Arabs!' and came up to us and taunted my friend, 'You're an Arab bastard.' He told them that he was Jewish, and then they said to me, 'You're an Arab bastard,' and they started to curse the Prophet Mohammed."
According to the indictment, they beat and kicked Badar for several minutes, even after he fell to the ground.
Badar's friend called for the police and an ambulance, and they transferred the victim to the hospital. "I hate Jewish racism just like I hate Arab racism," said Badar. "The feeling was completely unpleasant. It's really messed up my life." He added that he has worked alongside Jews his entire life: "I've been weddings and bar mitzvahs. I have a good, strong connection with the Jewish people."
According to Badar, his attackers "must be punished. If they're not punished, it will cause greater damage. A week has passed, but this scene keeps playing over and over (in my head) all night and day. I didn't believe that such a thing could ever happen to me. Nobody would believe that such a thing could happen." Badar recounted on Thursday that it was difficult for him to move his limbs because of the attack.
Moti Rafaeli, the lawyer representing Goldenberg, claimed that his client was indeed present at the scene, but he did not participate in the attack.
Earlier this month, five teenagers violently attacked an Arab employee of the Jerusalem Municipality in a park, yelling 'Death to Arabs' while they beat him, the attackers were indicted on Thursday.
Five Jewish men were on Thursday indicted at the Jerusalem District Court for racially motivated aggravated assault and battery.
Ahmed Badar, 40, from Silwan was violently attacked by five Jewish youths in Jerusalem's Liberty Bell Park because of his ethnicity on March 9. Four of the accused are 17 years old, and one, Netanel Goldenberg, is 19.
According to the indictment, the five assailants were returning from partying in the city center, when they passed two janitors and identified one of them as Arab. They yelled, "Death to Arabs" and continued to yell racial insults and curses as they physically attacked, throwing punches and kicking him.
"I work for the Jerusalem Municipality in the city-improvement branch," Badar said. "A friend and I had started work when, suddenly, five teenagers came into the Liberty Bell Bark.
"They yelled, 'Death to Arabs! Death to Arabs!' and came up to us and taunted my friend, 'You're an Arab bastard.' He told them that he was Jewish, and then they said to me, 'You're an Arab bastard,' and they started to curse the Prophet Mohammed."
According to the indictment, they beat and kicked Badar for several minutes, even after he fell to the ground.
Badar's friend called for the police and an ambulance, and they transferred the victim to the hospital. "I hate Jewish racism just like I hate Arab racism," said Badar. "The feeling was completely unpleasant. It's really messed up my life." He added that he has worked alongside Jews his entire life: "I've been weddings and bar mitzvahs. I have a good, strong connection with the Jewish people."
According to Badar, his attackers "must be punished. If they're not punished, it will cause greater damage. A week has passed, but this scene keeps playing over and over (in my head) all night and day. I didn't believe that such a thing could ever happen to me. Nobody would believe that such a thing could happen." Badar recounted on Thursday that it was difficult for him to move his limbs because of the attack.
Moti Rafaeli, the lawyer representing Goldenberg, claimed that his client was indeed present at the scene, but he did not participate in the attack.
18 mar 2016
Moshe Orbach smiles in court on February 18, 2016
Moshe Orbach sentenced to two years for publishing instructions for attacks and calling for creation of extremist cells to fight the government.
An Israeli judge has jailed for two years the Jewish extremist author of an instruction manual for acts of violence against Palestinians, in a case linked to a deadly firebombing, judicial authorities said.
Prosecutors said the digital document entitled "Kingdom of Evil" contained among other things instructions for arson attacks on houses, a transcript released by the Israel Courts Administration said.
"It is in its entirety incitement to criminal activity and clear directions for the commission of violence against the property and persons of the Arab community," said the judgment, seen by AFP on Friday.
Moshe Orbach, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was arrested in July and charged with sedition, possession of material inciting violence and of racist material. He was convicted on all counts in February.
The prosecution linked the "Kingdom of Evil" document with the July arson attack on a house in the West Bank village of Duma that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsheh and his parents.
Two Israelis have been charged with the firebombing.
"The murder in Duma, carried out days after charges were filed, was carried out in a way similar to that described in the document," the court transcript quoted the prosecution as saying, without accusing Orbach of direct involvement.
The Duma killings prompted a police crackdown on other Jewish extremists, some of whom are suspected of a string of nationalist hate crimes targeting Palestinians, Christians and even Israeli soldiers.
The prosecution says Orbach's manifesto, reportedly found on a USB drive in his car, called for the establishment of hermetically-sealed extremist groups which would be hard for Israeli security services to infiltrate.
"It is a document for conspiracy which calls for setting up small terror cells insulated from one another," the court document said. "It is an open call for revolt against the government, acts of murder and violence."
Moshe Orbach sentenced to two years for publishing instructions for attacks and calling for creation of extremist cells to fight the government.
An Israeli judge has jailed for two years the Jewish extremist author of an instruction manual for acts of violence against Palestinians, in a case linked to a deadly firebombing, judicial authorities said.
Prosecutors said the digital document entitled "Kingdom of Evil" contained among other things instructions for arson attacks on houses, a transcript released by the Israel Courts Administration said.
"It is in its entirety incitement to criminal activity and clear directions for the commission of violence against the property and persons of the Arab community," said the judgment, seen by AFP on Friday.
Moshe Orbach, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, was arrested in July and charged with sedition, possession of material inciting violence and of racist material. He was convicted on all counts in February.
The prosecution linked the "Kingdom of Evil" document with the July arson attack on a house in the West Bank village of Duma that killed 18-month-old Palestinian Ali Saad Dawabsheh and his parents.
Two Israelis have been charged with the firebombing.
"The murder in Duma, carried out days after charges were filed, was carried out in a way similar to that described in the document," the court transcript quoted the prosecution as saying, without accusing Orbach of direct involvement.
The Duma killings prompted a police crackdown on other Jewish extremists, some of whom are suspected of a string of nationalist hate crimes targeting Palestinians, Christians and even Israeli soldiers.
The prosecution says Orbach's manifesto, reportedly found on a USB drive in his car, called for the establishment of hermetically-sealed extremist groups which would be hard for Israeli security services to infiltrate.
"It is a document for conspiracy which calls for setting up small terror cells insulated from one another," the court document said. "It is an open call for revolt against the government, acts of murder and violence."
13 mar 2016
Israeli extremist settlers, escorted by army troops, attacked overnight Sunday Palestinian family homes in the southern occupied West Bank province of al-Khalil.
A PIC journalist said the settlers hurled empty bottles and stones at civilian homes in the presence of the Israeli occupation army.
Palestinian protesters responded by throwing stones near the Israeli illegal settlement of Kiryat Arbaa.
Heavily-armed occupation soldiers chased down the Palestinian protesters at the same time as they provided the Israeli assailants with a tight security shield.
Meanwhile, an Israeli court had ruled for acquitting one of the Israeli extremist settlers accused of involvement in the notorious arson attack on the Palestinian Dawabsheh family, which burned 18-month-old Ali to death and took away the lives of his parents Saad and Riham shortly afterwards.
In a related development, Israeli fanatics sprayed on Saturday evening racist graffiti reading “death to Muslims” on the Teddy Stadium walls, in Occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli occupation police claimed they arrested six Israeli fanatics, in their 16’s, who were suspected of spraying the graffiti.
A PIC journalist said the settlers hurled empty bottles and stones at civilian homes in the presence of the Israeli occupation army.
Palestinian protesters responded by throwing stones near the Israeli illegal settlement of Kiryat Arbaa.
Heavily-armed occupation soldiers chased down the Palestinian protesters at the same time as they provided the Israeli assailants with a tight security shield.
Meanwhile, an Israeli court had ruled for acquitting one of the Israeli extremist settlers accused of involvement in the notorious arson attack on the Palestinian Dawabsheh family, which burned 18-month-old Ali to death and took away the lives of his parents Saad and Riham shortly afterwards.
In a related development, Israeli fanatics sprayed on Saturday evening racist graffiti reading “death to Muslims” on the Teddy Stadium walls, in Occupied Jerusalem. The Israeli occupation police claimed they arrested six Israeli fanatics, in their 16’s, who were suspected of spraying the graffiti.
7 mar 2016
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Guests and groom Yakir Ashbal are expected to be indicted for incitement and illegal possession of arms after being documented 'celebrating' the Duma murders.
At least 10 people who participated in the "wedding of hate," including the groom, are expected to face charges in the case, Ynet learned on Monday evening. Videos filmed at the Jerusalem wedding of Yakir and Ronny Ashbal in December show guests dancing while brandishing firearms and Molotov cocktails, and mocking the murder of Palestinian baby Ali Dawabshe - who was burned to death along with his parents in an arson attack at his home in Duma - by stabbing a photo of his with a knife and trying to set it on fire. |
Police's Judea and Samaria District's Nationalistic Crimes Unit conducted the investigation into the wedding. The investigative material has already been transferred to the State Attorney and returned to police for final additions.
Among those who are expected to be indicted are also minors, who are facing charges of indictement and illegal possession of arms.
The groom, Yakir Ashbal, was interrogated shortly after images and videos from the wedding were released to the press. He was arrested and released several days later. Other youth and radical right wing activists were also arrested. All of them were released after a few days.
In addition, some of the wedding guests were hilltop youth who were breaking a court order barring them from meeting with other hilltop youth who were present.
Footage from the wedding led to outrage on both the left and right wing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that "The shocking pictures that were broadcast this evening show the true face of a group that constitutes a danger to Israeli society and to the security of Israel. We are not prepared to accept people who deny the laws of the state and do not view themselves as subject to them. The pictures underscore how important a strong Shin Bet is to the security of us all."
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog called the wedding guests: "Crazy, wretched people. You forgot what it means to be Jewish. You are disgracing the kippah, the talit and God. Those who dance at a wedding and celebrate the murder of a baby in his sleep are not Jews nor are they Israelis. They need to be locked behind bars, as soon as possible."
Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, who represents some of the suspects and was at the wedding himself, said in response to the intention to press charges: "It turns out that the State Attorney has a lot of free time, and the waving of a photo gets precedence over cases of murder, rape and drugs. So be it, but I'd suggest the State Attorney started by filing indictment against guests at weddings in Umm al-Fahm and Arara, where in many of the weddings there are shootings and cursing the State of Israel and incitement to murder Jews."
Among those who are expected to be indicted are also minors, who are facing charges of indictement and illegal possession of arms.
The groom, Yakir Ashbal, was interrogated shortly after images and videos from the wedding were released to the press. He was arrested and released several days later. Other youth and radical right wing activists were also arrested. All of them were released after a few days.
In addition, some of the wedding guests were hilltop youth who were breaking a court order barring them from meeting with other hilltop youth who were present.
Footage from the wedding led to outrage on both the left and right wing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that "The shocking pictures that were broadcast this evening show the true face of a group that constitutes a danger to Israeli society and to the security of Israel. We are not prepared to accept people who deny the laws of the state and do not view themselves as subject to them. The pictures underscore how important a strong Shin Bet is to the security of us all."
Opposition leader Isaac Herzog called the wedding guests: "Crazy, wretched people. You forgot what it means to be Jewish. You are disgracing the kippah, the talit and God. Those who dance at a wedding and celebrate the murder of a baby in his sleep are not Jews nor are they Israelis. They need to be locked behind bars, as soon as possible."
Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir, who represents some of the suspects and was at the wedding himself, said in response to the intention to press charges: "It turns out that the State Attorney has a lot of free time, and the waving of a photo gets precedence over cases of murder, rape and drugs. So be it, but I'd suggest the State Attorney started by filing indictment against guests at weddings in Umm al-Fahm and Arara, where in many of the weddings there are shootings and cursing the State of Israel and incitement to murder Jews."
Tommy Hasson
Arrests were made when Druze student Tommy Hasson was beaten by about 10 Jewish assailants in Jerusalem, after they heard him speaking Arabic. A year has passed since, and no one has been indicted.
Tommy Hasson, a 22-year-old Druze student who was beaten by a group of Jewish youths over a year ago for the sole reason of speaking Arabic, has not been recognized as a victim of hostilities, and his attackers have not been indicted.
Adding insult to his injuries is a letter he received from Magen David Adom (MDA), ordering him to pay NIS 493 for the ambulance ride he received, or his bank account will be seized.
Hasson was attacked by ten kippah-wearing Jewish youths near the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. He claims they attacked him after they heard him speaking Arabic. Hasson was hospitalized after the attack at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Karem, suffering bruises to the face and neck. The police arrested several suspects, while the Magistrate's Court determined that "this nationalistically-motivated offense is seven times as dangerous, particularly in recent months."
Hasson, who grew up in the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel, is studying at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He spent part of his IDF service as a combatant, and part working at the President's Residence. President Reuven Rivlin, who knew Hasson, phoned his father after the attack, expressing his support. The president later published a post about the matter on his official Facebook page.
However, over a year later, and none of the suspects have been indicted. The Jerusalem Attorney’s Office had trouble even locating the case file, even though Ynet made several inquiries about the matter.
In addition, MDA is demanding that Hasson pay for his ambulance ride, since he was not recognized as a hostilities victim by the National Insurance Institute (NII). Hasson said he was not aware that he had to send a request to the NII in order to receive such recognition. When asked, NII officials said they did not recognize Hasson’s status since law enforcement authorities did not report the incident to them. Only after Ynet contacted it did the NII contact Hasson and begin the process to recognize his status.
“Too many months have passed for such a simple request. Where’s the equality? Where are my rights? I pay my dues to the state, (I am) an honest citizen. I served the state for three years in the IDF. On the day of the attack, civilians saw me being attacked and didn’t protect me or offer me help. It’s disappointing that my case isn’t being treated equally,” said Hasson.
The NII responded by saying, “This case, which occurred about a year ago, was not reported to the National Insurance Institute by security bodies or hospitals immediately after the incident, and thus we had no information regarding it. When speaking of a definitive hostilities event, all authorities involved report in real time, and NII workers immediately visit the victims and their families, taking care to grant them all of their rights.
“It should be mentioned that the decision to define an incident as a hostilities incident, and the recognition of victims as hostilities victims, is entirely up to the Defense Ministry, and only those approved as hostilities victims will be entitled to payments and NII benefits. Up to now, Mr. Hasson did not contact the NII or ask to be recognized as a hostilities victim. Upon receiving your inquiry, we contacted Mr. Hasson and instructed him on how to file a request.”
MDA responded by saying, “The services of Magen David Adom involve payments, and if a person is entitled to deductions they must contact the insurer themselves. In this case, we are dealing with a person who claims he was harmed in a nationalistically-motivated attack. The decision whether to recognize the patient as a hostilities victim is the NII’s, and so he should coordinate the debt relief with the NII. The MDA went beyond the letter of the law and, in an extraordinary step, froze Mr. Hasson’s debt proceedings for a whole year, so that he would be able to exercise his full rights with regards to the NII. Unfortunately, during that entire time, Mr. Hasson did not give MDA any documentation showing he was a hostilities victim even though he was asked by us to do so, and so MDA is now resuming collection actions.”
The Ministry of Justice did not respond as of this writing’s publication.
Arrests were made when Druze student Tommy Hasson was beaten by about 10 Jewish assailants in Jerusalem, after they heard him speaking Arabic. A year has passed since, and no one has been indicted.
Tommy Hasson, a 22-year-old Druze student who was beaten by a group of Jewish youths over a year ago for the sole reason of speaking Arabic, has not been recognized as a victim of hostilities, and his attackers have not been indicted.
Adding insult to his injuries is a letter he received from Magen David Adom (MDA), ordering him to pay NIS 493 for the ambulance ride he received, or his bank account will be seized.
Hasson was attacked by ten kippah-wearing Jewish youths near the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. He claims they attacked him after they heard him speaking Arabic. Hasson was hospitalized after the attack at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Karem, suffering bruises to the face and neck. The police arrested several suspects, while the Magistrate's Court determined that "this nationalistically-motivated offense is seven times as dangerous, particularly in recent months."
Hasson, who grew up in the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel, is studying at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He spent part of his IDF service as a combatant, and part working at the President's Residence. President Reuven Rivlin, who knew Hasson, phoned his father after the attack, expressing his support. The president later published a post about the matter on his official Facebook page.
However, over a year later, and none of the suspects have been indicted. The Jerusalem Attorney’s Office had trouble even locating the case file, even though Ynet made several inquiries about the matter.
In addition, MDA is demanding that Hasson pay for his ambulance ride, since he was not recognized as a hostilities victim by the National Insurance Institute (NII). Hasson said he was not aware that he had to send a request to the NII in order to receive such recognition. When asked, NII officials said they did not recognize Hasson’s status since law enforcement authorities did not report the incident to them. Only after Ynet contacted it did the NII contact Hasson and begin the process to recognize his status.
“Too many months have passed for such a simple request. Where’s the equality? Where are my rights? I pay my dues to the state, (I am) an honest citizen. I served the state for three years in the IDF. On the day of the attack, civilians saw me being attacked and didn’t protect me or offer me help. It’s disappointing that my case isn’t being treated equally,” said Hasson.
The NII responded by saying, “This case, which occurred about a year ago, was not reported to the National Insurance Institute by security bodies or hospitals immediately after the incident, and thus we had no information regarding it. When speaking of a definitive hostilities event, all authorities involved report in real time, and NII workers immediately visit the victims and their families, taking care to grant them all of their rights.
“It should be mentioned that the decision to define an incident as a hostilities incident, and the recognition of victims as hostilities victims, is entirely up to the Defense Ministry, and only those approved as hostilities victims will be entitled to payments and NII benefits. Up to now, Mr. Hasson did not contact the NII or ask to be recognized as a hostilities victim. Upon receiving your inquiry, we contacted Mr. Hasson and instructed him on how to file a request.”
MDA responded by saying, “The services of Magen David Adom involve payments, and if a person is entitled to deductions they must contact the insurer themselves. In this case, we are dealing with a person who claims he was harmed in a nationalistically-motivated attack. The decision whether to recognize the patient as a hostilities victim is the NII’s, and so he should coordinate the debt relief with the NII. The MDA went beyond the letter of the law and, in an extraordinary step, froze Mr. Hasson’s debt proceedings for a whole year, so that he would be able to exercise his full rights with regards to the NII. Unfortunately, during that entire time, Mr. Hasson did not give MDA any documentation showing he was a hostilities victim even though he was asked by us to do so, and so MDA is now resuming collection actions.”
The Ministry of Justice did not respond as of this writing’s publication.
22 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."
