Jerusalem – Hundreds of protesters have rallied outside a court in support of a soldier filmed last week shooting dead a wounded Palestinian attacker in the West Bank, an incident that has proven divisive in Israel, where army service is mandatory.
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Protesters, as well as some politicians on the right, criticized Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who has said the soldier acted inappropriately.
The IDF Military Court in Kastina on Tuesday granted a two-day extension of detention, rejecting the prosecution’s request for nine days.
The soldier’s defense lawyers declared the move a sign that Lt.-Col. Judge Ronen Shor does not view the evidence in the case as obviously one-sided. On the other hand, the ruling could indicate that Shor believes the prosecution does not need further time to investigate the incident that occurred on Thursday in Hebron and has plenty of evidence already against the soldier.
Israelis are split over the incident, which came amid six months of near-daily Palestinian attacks.
Many argue the young soldier fired because he suspected the Palestinian, who had stabbed a soldier before being shot and wounded, may have been reaching for an explosive device.
Others say the Palestinian, who was lying on the ground, was no longer a threat, and that the shooting breached army norms and damaged its image.
Maybe there is blessing in all this and people will see how it is assur to go to the IDF an army that oppresses its own soldiers for doing their job. Let TIBI go to the tzahal.
we all remember when the TERRORIST that was shot on Malchei Yisroel got up and hacked two Yiden to death HY”D – what does the IDF & the court want ? another incident like that chas v’Sholom??????????????
Let the children of the self appointed Israeli Aryan ‘Justice ‘ system, serve in the army, and tell the Palestinians how much they are concerned about their welfare and rights, just before they’ll get stabbed,