Israel Frees From Custody Almost All Suspects in Two Settler Attacks, Puts Them Under House Arrest
A Jerusalem court ordered the release as international pressure mounted after attacks on a Washington Post photographer and visiting European diplomats.
- On Wednesday, a Jerusalem District Court released nine of 10 suspects to house arrest, despite police requests to extend detention following attacks on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats.
- International pressure from the United States, France, Belgium, and Poland prompted the joint detention operation by police, the military, and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency.
- Citing "in the midst of a much larger event of massive stone-throwing" by Palestinians, the judge justified the releases; Right-wing law firm Honenu called the arrests "staged and baseless."
- Nadav Cohen Tzemach remains the only suspect in custody after the court extended his detention until Monday, regarding accusations he ran over a Palestinian near Ramallah last year.
- Yonatan Kanonich, head of research at Israeli rights group Yesh Din, noted police often arrest settlers following media coverage, only to release them shortly afterward, amid 125 attacks during the harvest.
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DawnSuspects in West Bank settler attacks put under house arrest
Israel releases nearly all suspects in settler attacks on US journalist, European diplomats to house arrest
JERUSALEM: Nine of the 10 suspects arrested in an investigation into militant settler attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats have been released from custody and placed under house arrest, a law firm that represents settlers said. Masked Israeli settlers were filmed last week assaulting Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, who was covering a Palestinian olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. French, Belgian and Polish dipl…
Israel frees from custody almost all suspects in two settler attacks, puts them under house arrest
Nine of the 10 suspects arrested in an investigation into militant settler attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats have been released from custody and placed under house arrest, a law firm that represents settlers said.
Israel has released nine of the 10 suspects in the attacks in the West Bank. The American photographer suffered fractures of both vertebrae and ribs in the attack.
Most of the ten Israeli settlers arrested on suspicion of attacks on an American photojournalist and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank have been released and placed under house arrest, according to a statement from the Honenou organization, which provides legal support to those arrested. Read here ⇛
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