RAMALLAH, Palestine, May 14 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinians condemned on Monday, the Israeli Justice Ministry’s decision, to hand a light sentence to an Israeli, who pleaded guilty to murdering a Palestinian family in the West Bank in 2015.
The Human Rights and Civil Society Department, in the Palestine Liberation Organisation, said that, “the ‘acquittal’ of the murderer of the Dawabsha family, is a legislation to kill Palestinians by the Israeli judiciary.”
“The Israeli judiciary proves once again that, its real role … is to provide cover and protection to murderers, in accordance with the racist and fascist occupation laws” the Israeli parliament has enacted against the Palestinians, it added.
A day earlier, the Israeli Ministry of Justice announced that, it reached a deal with the Attorney General, to give the Israeli man, guilty in the attack on the Palestinian family, a 5.5-year imprisonment sentence.
“This decision is an explicit call on the Israeli settlers, to continue their murderous crimes against the Palestinians, and to expropriate their blood in all ways and methods, including burning them alive,” said the PLO statement.
According to Israeli Radio, the Justice Ministry said, the man was a teenager when the incident occurred, adding, he admitted that he threw flammable materials on the home of the Dawabsha family in Nablus in July 2015.
The attack killed Ali Dawabsha, an 18-month-old infant, and his parents. Only the 4-year-old Ahmad survived.– NNN-WAFA
