Israelis convicted of Abu Khdeir murder

“The judges acknowledged that the religious Israeli settler accused of masterminding the murder did kidnap and bludgeon Mohammed Abu Khdeir, but they’ve delayed a conviction while they review a last-minute defense claim he was mentally not responsible for his actions”.

The Daily Mail ran a similar headline, albeit at a greater length: “Jerusalem’s streets run red with blood: Israeli police shoot dead man who stabbed border guard at Damascus Gate – the 99th Palestinian to die in latest wave of violence”.

“The court is not honest, they are sympathetic to the criminals”, said Hussein Abu Khdeir, Muhammad’s father. “This is a lie”, he told Israeli Army Radio.

Since then, he said, Israeli security forces have been given a “freer hand toward dealing with terrorism with settlers”, including the ability to detain suspects for longer periods of time without court rulings. His charred body was found in a forest in West Jerusalem a few hours later.

The judicial judge found in that Ben David drove the auto while the 2 youths beat Abu Khdeir unconscious within the back seat.

The prosecution claimed during the deliberations that Ben-David was responsible for his actions and fit to stand trial. But the murder was more than just a single tragic death: It was one in a series of many violent acts between Palestinians and Israelis that summer that helped spark the Gaza War, which over the course of 50 days killed roughly 1,500 civilians and severely damaged relations between Israel and Palestine. More than 70 people, mainly soldiers, were also killed on the Israeli side.

Israel has a mandatory life sentence for adults convicted of murder, Gross said.

Israeli authorities said the suspects had chose to kill an Arab in revenge and equipped themselves with cable ties, petrol and other materials before randomly choosing Abu Khdeir.

The two teenagers, who were not named because they are juveniles, are expected to be sentenced in January. Another one of his cousins, a 19-year-old who has the same name as him, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, has been held by the Israeli police since a July 28 protest. The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration over a lack of hope for obtaining independence.

Prosecutor Uri Korv expressed hope that the court would reject the last-minute insanity plea.

Palestinians say the Israeli justice system is too lenient on Jewish attackers.

Israel has yet to arrest or charge anyone in the attack, but four Israeli extremists have been detained for six months without charge under a measure usually reserved for Palestinians suspected of plotting attacks.

The Israeli court has officially recognized him as “a victim of terror”.