Police Investigates Wedding Video of Settlers Dancing With Weapons and Singing Revenge Songs
The video also shows one guest stabbing a photo of the Palestinian boy killed in the Duma firebombing.
Chaim Levinson Dec 24, 2015
The Judea and Samaria district police said on Thursday it opened an investigation into a video shot at a wedding which shows Jewish radicals stabbing a photograph of the Palestinian toddler who was killed in the Duma firebomb attack. A statement said the inquiry commenced a few days ago.
The police said they were looking into the "numerous and serious offenses seen in the video," including those who were careless with their weapons. The police intends to question those responsible and to revoke their gun licenses.
The video shows Orthodox youths at a Jerusalem wedding singing songs of revenge and dancing with guns and knives. One masked youth holds up a firebomb, while another is seen stabbing a photo of Ali Dawabsheh, the toddler killed along with his parents in the West Bank arson attack earlier this year.
According to Channel 10, IDF-issued rifles and licensed pistols were passed around at the reception from hand to hand, including to children. The wedding was of a couple “very well known in the radical right,” said the report.
The video was condemned across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the "shocking images" expose "the real face of a group that poses danger to Israeli society and security." Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni also denounced the video, calling those who participated "a group that wants to destroy Jewish Israel."
The clip itself is only a small part of the total gathered evidence, which was sent to the prosecutor's office for review.
Source:
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.693575
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