The two young boys accused of murder and attempted murder in the attacks in Shuafat and the City of David neighborhoods of Jerusalem will only be sentenced to short incarceration terms, in accordance with Israeli law that prohibits the extended jailing of minors under 14.
Another incident of a clash between Israel Defense Forces soldiers and activists patrolling Judea and Samaria took place Monday and ended once again in violence and in the removal of a soldier from his position, along with a military prison sentence.
The Israeli police appealed late Wednesday to the Tel Aviv prosecutor's office with a request to open an investigation against Arab students from Tel Aviv University, who held a demonstration in support of the terrorists that the IDF acted against in Jenin about two weeks ago.
The President of the Supreme Court, Justice Esther Hayut, rejected the request for another hearing submitted by Amiram Ben Oliel, the accused Jewish terrorist who killed a young Arab family.
The Chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, Knesset Member (MK) Simcha Rotman published an updated version of the reforms planned in Israel’s judicial system, which is proposed on his behalf and includes a reference to the change in the composition of the Committee for the Selection of Judges.
