Collaborator in deadly Jerusalem stabbing attack gets 35 years
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The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court handed down a 35-year prison sentence to Abed al-Aziz Ma’ari Wednesday for assisting in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem last year in which Rabbi Nehemia Lavi (41) and Aaron Bennett (24) were killed.
Ma’ari, a 22 year old from Abu Dis, will also be required to pay NIS 258,000 to each member of the victims’ families.
According to the indictment issued against him, he bought a knife for 19-year-old Mohand Halabi from Ramallah, who carried out the attack.
Ma'ari was also convicted of illegally entering Israel and possession of a knife.
