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Light sentence in brutal murder shows double standard for Jews, Palestinians | MondoweissLight sentence in brutal murder shows double standard for Jews, Palestinians
A Jerusalem teenager, identified only as “A,” was given a perplexingly short 8- year sentence after a plea bargain for the stabbing death of a Palestinian, Hussam Rawidi, following a brutal and apparently unprovoked attack. The charge was reduced from “murder” to” killing, (manslaughter)” which enabled the court to impose the lenient sentence. The crime occurred on February 11, 2011. Rawidi was 24-years-old when he was killed.
The incident took place in the center of Jerusalem, on a Friday night.The defendant and three of his friends, residents of Jerusalem, Beit-El and Itamar, heard Rawidi talking with his friend Murad Jelani in Arabic. A friend of the defendant's began voicing racist remarks toward the two.
In its ruling, the court said that at the time, the defendant was not aware of the racist remarks made by his friend. However, he joined the quarrel after seeing his friend beating the two.
Judge Zvi Segal said that, ‘At some point, the young man pulled out a barber's razor blade and assaulted the deceased, causing a deep cut in his face, from the ear to his cheek.’ It also states that while Rawidi was bleeding to death, two of the friends also began beating Rawidi.
Two friends of “A” were apprehended by police when they returned to the stabbing scene and attempted to remove evidence of the crime.
Four Jewish teens held over stabbing death of Arab in capital - Israel News | Haaretz Daily NewspaperPolice said the motive for the original attack was clearly nationalist
Not Racist, "nationalist"
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