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Rightist acquitted of attacking leftist

Judge rules circumstances of 'minor incident' involving Noam Federman, Breaking the Silence activist do not justify conviction

Extreme right-wing activist Noam Federman was acquitted of attacking an activist of the left-wing Breaking the Silence organization on Monday. The incident took place three years ago near the grave of Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli physician who killed 29 Muslim worshippers at the Cave of the Patriarchs in 1994.

 

Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge Yitzhak Shimon wrote in his ruling that "this was a minor incident which did not cause any damage", and that "the circumstances of the incident and the public interest do not justify Federman's conviction."

 

This wasn't the first time Federman faced a court of law. In September 2009, he was sentenced to four months in prison, which were exchanged with community service, after being convicted of inciting racism.

 

He was charged following remarks he made on a TV show: "There are delusional people who say we can live with the Arabs in coexistence. There are delusional people who say I can live together with cancer. What is a good Arab? An Arab who has yet to murder Jews? It's hard to find such people these days."

 

A few months earlier, a Jerusalem District Judge ordered the police to pay Federman NIS 5,000 (about $1,365) in damages following a false arrest in April 2006.

 

In the past Federman was also accused of possessing weapons, arms offenses, and being the mastermind behind the "Bat Ayin Underground", which plotted to target Arabs. During the trial the State Prosecutor's Office reneged on the indictment against him.

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.15.10, 09:57
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