The Jerusalem Post - Israel News

Lenient sentence

'Hate wedding' groom sentenced to 4 months community service

Five other adults were convicted for incitement to violence after footage was circulated from the wedding, held five months after the Duma arson.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Amiram Ben Uliel, accused of the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to a court hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022.
HAREDIM ON a Mea Shearim street corner during Sukkot.

Arab man receives shortened sentence for attacking Ultra-Orthodox Jews

Saleh Bakirat, 20, from Jerusalem, was sentenced to a maximum of 30 months in prison for attacking Jews, even though the prosecution sought at least 11 years in prison.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the Shas party Aryeh Deri arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 01, 2022.

Arye Deri trial: Court approves A-G’s lenient plea deal

Deri recently resigned from the Knesset and has now been fined NIS 180,000 as well as being given a suspended sentence as part of the deal.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Palestinians carry the body of Ahmad Jamal Manasra during his funeral ceremony in the West Bank village of Wad Fokin, near Bethlehem on March 21, 2019

Explaining expected light sentence for soldier who shot Palestinian

The Jerusalem Post has learned a significant number of new details which place the plea bargain in a new light.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB