The Israeli ‘Justice’ system demonstrates once again why it is institutionally racist as Lod’s District Court endorses plea bargain
In July 2015 18 month Ali Dawabshe and his parents, Saad and Reham were murdered in their beds when settlers threw petrol bombs inside their house. Only 4 year old Ahmad survived, albeit with 60% burns to his body.
Weeks later Israel’s ‘hilltop youth’ ‘celebrated’their deaths in a wedding where they were pictured stabbing at pictures of Ali Dawabsheh.
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| Palestinian policeman investigates arson at Dawabshe's home |
A 19 year old Israeli was convicted at Lod District Court last week, not of murder but arson. In fact, because the murderer has already served 3 years on remand he will go free. The prosecution agreed to a plea deal which allowed the crime to be reduced from murder to arson. Israel’s colonial court had to agree to the plea deal, which of course they did.
Nasr Dawabsheh, a spokesperson for the family, saidthat "This deal is unfair and encourages the settler gangs to commit more crimes," The Court threw out several of the accused’s confessions because of torture. If he had been a Palestinian then there is no doubt that his confession would be accepted. Israel’s military courts in the West Bank have a 99.7% conviction rate because confessions are accepted without question.
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| The 3 murdered Dawabshe family members |
This comes on top of the decision of the Israeli authorities to refuseany ‘anti-terrorist’ compensation to the surviving child, Ahmad. Only Jewish settlers, being citizens, receive such monies and as Ahmad is not Jewish and therefore not a citizen he is not entitled to any compensation for the appalling burns and torment that he suffered. Yoav Mordechai, the IDF coordinator of activities in the West Bank did however denyreports that Israel’s Health Ministry had served the family with a NIS 2 million bill for treatment. Mordechai apparently said that Israel would foot the bill.
Of course if this Israeli teenage killer had been an Arab all would have been different. When Ahmad Manasra was convictedof attempted murder, he was held on remand until he was 14 years of age in order that he could receive a prison sentence. He was initially sentenced to 12 years, reduced to 9.5 years imprisonment. The two Israelis stabbed did not die and it was his cousin who had inflicted the wounds.
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| Ali Saad Dawabsheh |
There is a surprisingly good article on the Times of Israel blog, Kill at Will. The Duma Dilemma by Esor Ben-Sorek, a retired professor of Hebrew and Biblical literature who describes himself as a follower of Trumpeldor, Jabotinsky and Begin – all symbols and leaders of Revisionist Zionism. the article is reprinted below.
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| The graffiti daubed on the walls of the Dawabsheh home |