Israel charges Palestinian teen's alleged killers

[Jefferson23]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has charged three Jews with the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian teenager whose death set off days of violent protests in Arab areas of Jerusalem and northern Israel.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the three appeared before a court on Monday. He says the suspects admitted to abducting 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir and setting him on fire. Rosenfeld says they also re-enacted the murder.

Abu Khdeir was taken on July 2 near his home in east Jerusalem and his charred body was later found in a forest.

Israel's Shin Bet security service says the suspects, whose names were not released, were motivated by revenge after the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-07-14/israel-charges-palestinian-teens-alleged-killers

[Jefferson23]

1. Police: Suspects planned Palestinian teen's death in advance, burned him alive

Court lifts gag order on grisly murder of Palestinian teen, reveals suspects' desire for revenge for murder of 3 Jewish teens; victim's cellphone found in one suspect's home.

By Nir Hasson | Jul. 14, 2014

The suspects in the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir two weeks ago planned the abduction in advanced, purchasing gasoline and other material, before snatching the 16-year-old off the streets of East Jerusalem and burning him alive.

The suspects confessed to torching a Palestinian-owned store near Jerusalem about two weeks beforehand, police said

In addition, the cellular phone belonging to Abu Khdeir, 16, was found in the home of one of the suspects, and it has emerged that three secondary suspects found out about the killing after the fact, though they were not involved in it.

The State Prosecutor’s Office will likely indict the three main suspects by the end of the week.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.605024

[Jefferson23]

2. Suspect in Abu Khdeir case allegedly tried to kill daughter weeks before murder

The three main suspects will likely claim "temporary insanity" in the grisly murder of the 16-year-old.


Nearly two weeks following the brutal murder of Arab east Jerusalem teen Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the court overseeing the case lifted its gag order on Monday, revealing that the main suspect in the investigation attempted to kill his own daughter weeks before the homicide.

Meanwhile, according to Israeli media reports, the three main suspects – a 30-year-old and two minors from Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem – will likely claim “temporary insanity” in the grisly murder of the 16-year-old.

Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court also confirmed that three of the suspects involved in the 16-year-old’s abduction, torture and murder unsuccessfully attempted to kidnap a different victim in the same neighborhood the night before.

Moreover, it concluded that only three of the six suspects are directly involved in the abduction and murder. Still, the court has maintained the gag order on the three minors suspected in the kidnapping and homicide, as well as certain details about the three adults charged.

The investigation revealed that the day before the murder two of the suspects discussed killing an Arab boy and unsuccessfully attempted to kidnap a different child in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina that night.

http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Suspect-in-Abu-Khdeir-case-allegedly-tried-to-kill-daughter-weeks-before-murder-362708

[azurnoir]

3. more from ToI

Four other people were arrested in the case, all of them relatives of the suspects, but were released when investigators ruled out any possibility that they were involved in the crime.

One of the four told investigators that he knew about the crime after it had taken place.

The case has been under a gag order imposed by the Petah Tikvah District Court. The gag order is lifted on all details of the investigation except the suspects’ identities, which are still secret in order to prevent additional rounds of revenge attacks, this time against the suspects’ families.

Read more: Shin Bet releases chronology of Muhammad Abu Khdeir killing | The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-six-days-of-hamas-rocket-attacks-gazans-flee-threatened-new-israeli-strikes-operation-protective-edge-day-7/#ixzz37RdY8jMI
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[Jefferson23]

4. I believe the authorities should absolutely protect their identity. This whole tragedy could get

worse if they don't.

What did you think of what looks to be the defense in the making, temporary insanity?

[azurnoir]

5. I wondered what the defense would be insanity doesn't surprise me in the least

more about the legal defense team for the alleged murders to Israeli

Israeli (1,102 posts)
5. ever heard of Honenu ?

do a google search on them azurnoir

here is a taste :

A controversial Israeli organization that is representing the six men recently arrested in the recent revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager is receiving thousands of dollars in tax-deductible support from Americans. The group, called Honenu (which roughly translates to "pardon&quot , supports Israelis charged with or convicted of violence against Palestinians.

Honenu's work goes well goes beyond legal aid.

The group says it also provides "spiritual" and "financial" assistance to prisoners and their families. Among those Honenu has helped: Yigal Amir, assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin; an Israeli convicted of murdering seven Palestinians at a bus stop; and an Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter and obstruction of justice after shooting a British photographer in Gaza.

The tax-exempt donations do not appear to run afoul of U.S. law. But they do put U.S. taxpayers in the position of subsidizing aid to Israelis convicted of politically motivated violence.

Source: http://www.imemc.org/article/68426

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=67365

[Jefferson23]

7. Very interesting: Uri Blau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Blau

[azurnoir]

9. wow from your wiki link

In November 2008, Blau published a story in Haaretz[4][5] saying that the targeted killing of one of two Islamic Jihad militants killed in Jenin in June 2007 had violated a prior ruling of the Supreme Court of Israel. The ruling had "heavily restricted the circumstances in which they were permissible, effectively saying that killing should not take place if arrest was possible."[6] The report reproduced two IDF memos classified as top secret, indicating that the IDF had ignored the Supreme Court ruling. Publications dealing with military affairs have to be submitted to the Israeli Military Censor; the censor approved the publication of this report. This fact would later be used as argument that no damage was done by the publication.[7]

Speculation began immediately about who Blau's inside source was. It took a year before attention focused on Anat Kamm, a former clerk in the office of a senior IDF commander. She had worked as a journalist before and after her military service.

A week before Operation Cast Lead began (December 2008), Blau submitted to the censor an expose revealing he had possession of IDF military plans for the Operation. At first, the report was approved for publication. Then, just before it was distributed the censor changed its mind and Haaretz agreed to withdraw the story.[8]

[Jefferson23]

12. Yea, that was something else alright. Thanks for the earlier info too..you and Israeli. n/t

[azurnoir]

6. my point about the identities of the alleged murders being secret to protect the their families

was compare that to how the alleged (we haven't seen a shred of evidence yet) Palestinian murderers of the 3 Israeli kids in that case not only were their names names and pictures published, their family home have been destroyed and non-involved family members detained as a means of pressuring them into turning themselves in -which as of yet has not happened

[Jefferson23]

8. I know, horrific. I am not excusing that, I want to see the press hold Netanyahu accountable since

no one else is likely to do that.

I don't want to see two wrongs here, is what I meant.

[azurnoir]

10. Lol I was hoping you didn't think I was saying that protecting the innocent was a bad thing

it's just that innocence seems to be a flexible concept in this case

[Jefferson23]

11. Nooo, not at all...no worries. n/t

[sabbat hunter]

13. considering

that they burned a business, tried to kill someone else before, I think temporary insanity is out.

[Jefferson23]

14. Yea, probably not going to be a plausible defense. I agree. n/t

[Jefferson23]

15. Three Israelis charged in Palestinian teen's murder

Suspects in Mohammed Abu-Khdeir's kidnapping include two minors, charges also brought for incitement and attempted abduction of 7-year-old Mussa Zalum.

By Nir Hasson | 13:33 17.07.14 |

Three Israeli suspects, including two minors, were indicted on Thursday for the kidnapping and murder of Palestinian teen Mohammad Abu Khdeir.

The three suspects – one of them 29 years old, the other two 16 - confessed to murdering the 16-year-old Palestinian last week and even reenacted the crime, showing police the route taken from the abduction site to the Jerusalem forest location where...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.605676

[Jefferson23]

16. Chief suspect named in Abu Khdeir murder

Yosef Chaim Ben David is a resident of Adam settlement who owns a shop in Jerusalem selling spectacles. He will plead temporary insanity.

By Nir Hasson | 22:07 20.07.14

The identity of the primary suspect in the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir was cleared for publication by Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein on Sunday. According to an indictment issued against Yosef Chaim Ben David, he picked up the other two suspects in his vehicle. The other suspects’ names remain under...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.606266