Kolonist Hebron aangeklaagd voor schieten op Palestijnen

 

Het staat buiten kijf dat de kolonisten in Hebron zich vorige week ernstig hebben misdragen, maar uitvinden hoe iets precies is gelopen is minder makkelijk dan snel een hard oordeel vellen. Om die reden worden daders van geweld in Nederland vaak vrij gesproken of komen er met zeer lichte straffen vanaf, wat ik overigens niet altijd een goede zaak vind. In dit geval is duidelijk dat de man heeft geschoten, maar wat zich daarvoor en daarna heeft afgespeeld is minder duidelijk. Wat ik raar vind is dat blijkbaar niet bekend is hoe erg het letsel van de betreffende Palestijnen is?

RP

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Last update - 01:11 11/12/2008

Court indicts settler caught shooting Palestinians in Hebron

By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/1045377.html

 

The Jerusalem Magistrates Court on Wednesday indicted Ze'ev Braude, the settler who was caught on film shooting at Palestinians last week, following the evacuation of a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Braude was released from police custody just hours before the indictment was submitted to the court. The indictment came after the release, because the presiding judge refused to extend his remand until an appeal was served.

In her decision to release Braude, Judge Malka Aviv criticized police forces for not having arrested the Palestinians documented on the same video hurling stones at him.

"The police are bound by the conception that is portrayed in the media," said Aviv.

Braude, a Kiryat Arba resident, turned himself in to the police last week, after an activist with the B'Tselem human rights group caught him on film shooting at Palestinians at short range, and hitting one.

During deliberation on the extension of his remand earlier this week the judge condemned Braude, indicating that he was caught on film shooting with intent to confront the Palestinians who were crowded in the area.

Braude's lawyer, attorney Ariel Atari responded that the Palestinian claiming to have been injured can be viewed in the video getting up after allegedly being shot, and continuing to hurl stones and bash Braude.

The Judge added that there are certain questions that remain unresolved regarding the behavior of the Palestinians allegedly shot by Braude, as they got up afterwards and continued fighting.