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Report: Israeli officers convicted of negligent homicide

Published Monday 28/05/2012 (updated) 31/05/2012 09:29

Israeli police pictured in Jerusalem in 2010.
(MaanImages/Mimmi Nietula)

TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- An Israeli court on Monday convicted two police officers of negligent homicide, after they left an injured Palestinian man for dead at the side of a road in 2008, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Senior police officer Baruch Peretz had ordered a lower ranking policeman, Assaf Yakutieli, to throw Omar Abu Jariban out of a police vehicle onto the side of a West Bank road, a Jerusalem court heard.

He died of dehydration and his body was discovered two days later.

He was dressed in hospital pajamas, had no shoes, and was still connected to a urinary catheter at the time of the incident.

Abu Jariban, who was originally from Gaza, was seriously injured after crashing a stolen car in 2008 and had spent two weeks in a medical center before being released into Israeli police custody.

The officers responsible for Abu Jariban tried to admit him to the medical facility of an Israeli prison, but there were no available spaces.

It was then that the officers decided to dump Abu Jariban at the side of a road near Ofer military base. He was in a state of confusion at the time and required medical attention, Haaretz said.

"He was simply thrown to the dogs," Abu Jariban's brother, Muhammed, told Haaretz from Gaza.

"No person with eyes on his face and compassion in his heart would have made the decision that the two made," the judge presiding over the case was quoted by Haaretz as saying.

One of the police officers, Assaf Yakutieli, said that Abu Jariban had agreed to be left by the side of the road.

The judge slammed his testimony as "unrealistic".

The police officers will be sentenced at a later date.

1 ) Jihane / Palestine/France

28/05/2012 12:55

Yeah, let's follow this case. I bet these bastards will get a suspended sentence, and once the media attention has faded, a promotion. It won't be the first time in the history of The-Most-Moral-Army...

2 ) Julie / USA

28/05/2012 14:58

this man was murdered for stealing a car???? as if the rest of us aren't immediately aware of all the LAND and HOMES stolen by zionazi criminals with no eyes and no hearts...and they have the gall to arrest and murder innocent, non-violent protesters for resisting. CLEARLY the zionist nazis are law-breaking, barbaric thug terrorists committing egregious sins & crimes against humanity. this is why nobody truly wants them anywhere in any country.

3 ) Mel / USA

28/05/2012 15:28

How very Nazi of the IOF! The Israeli "justice"(for some)system performs its whipping-boy Kibuki theater again? Zionist medieval barbarians!The sentence will be light & then PROMOTION,& drinks all around,no doubt?

4 ) christian palestinian / usa

28/05/2012 17:07

There are thousands of israeli police criminals who have personally killed innocent palestinian civilians and they remain free. Why?

5 ) @ Jihane-1, Julie-2, & Mel-3 / USA too

28/05/2012 17:12

Agh! What a INhuman act, by a disgusting man !! "How very Nazi of" JUST ONE MAN, Baruch Peretz, and how very decent of the IDF & Israel for punishing him, where in the Palestinian Authority, such a man would have a traffic circle or building named in his honor !!!

6 ) Julie / USA

28/05/2012 19:41

#5 - always quick to deny and lie. it's NOT ONE....IT'S TWO officers. two that represent COMMON treatment towards pals. your zionazi hasbara is useless, how purely idiotic of you to deny the obvious. READ the article. you only bring more disdain upon izrahell with your self-delegitimization success. name yourself whatever you want...same troll different day....with zero credibility.

7 ) Brian Cohen / Israel

28/05/2012 21:30

So commenters - when was the last time you read of a Palestinian court convicting a Palestinian for killing Israeli civilians? The answer, of course, is never. And, Mel Julie and Xian in America - why are you all still moaning and groaning from your illegal settler homes in America? Why don't you go back to Europe where you come from and give America back the land you stole from its rightful owners? Or are you telling us that settlement is a good thing only if its Mel and Julie doing it?

8 ) Palestinian / Palestine

28/05/2012 22:50

What about the countless cases of premeditated and intentional homicide? But what can one expect when the Zionist government has had one known terrorist after another leading it. Sharon, Begin, Rabin, Olmert, Barak, etc. Their lives and crimes before taking office are no secret.

9 ) Jihane / Palestine/France

29/05/2012 01:49

@ 7 Your statement is plain BS ! Whenever a Palestinian kills an Israeli, no matter where in historical Palestine, the Israelis take over the case. They dumped the bombs on innocents in Gaza who had nothing to do with the killings in Eilat, they break into houses at night to arrest people, even in area A, they will never leave the killing of a Chosen in the hands of goyim so you'll have to come up with some other hasbara.

10 ) Julie / USA

29/05/2012 02:06

#7 - hey dumbazz, who says i have no Native American blood and not fully supportive of NA rights? you're just another zionazi criminal...delegitimizing izrahell and further bringing it down in the eyes of the people of the world. idiot.

11 ) Julie / USA

29/05/2012 02:14

#7 - you like history, so explain to the WORLD exactly why it was that HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of innocent Jews were KNOWINGLY sent to the gas chambers BECAUSE ZIONISTS REFUSED TO ASSIST THEM & PREVENTED OTHER COUNTRIES TO RELOCATE THEM ... UNLESS THEY CAME TO PALESTINE. so for hundreds of thousands that didn't want to go to Palestine it was OFF TO THE GAS CHAMBERS for them. the zionazis KNEW FULL WELL that would be their fate. see Wall Street Journal, Dec 2, 1976 for MANY records of this.

12 ) Colin Wright / USA

29/05/2012 04:48

To Brian #7 'So commenters - when was the last time you read of a Palestinian court convicting a Palestinian for killing Israeli civilians? ' When was the last time a Palestinian court had jurisdiction over a Palestinian accused of killing Israeli civilians? The Palestinian courts have no say in matters that concern the Master Race, you know that.

13 ) Colin Wright / USA

29/05/2012 04:52

This is actually a fairly common pattern. Israelis are sometimes convicted of minor charges when it comes to murdering Palestinians. I believe they have even occasionally served a few months. It's about the same as what happens if you're convicted of animal abuse in another country. You will never, never see killing a Palestinian actually treated as a serious offense. In Israel, it's not.

14 ) Miller / usa

29/05/2012 05:46

Proof, that Israeli courts believe in justice. My guess is the'll get a one to three year jail sentence, full dismissal & a loss of all benefits.

15 ) Miller / usa

29/05/2012 05:55

The thing I can't comprehend,under the complicated circumstances that existed,is why these idiot police officers didn't present these events to their superiors,and let them make the final decision.

16 ) Brian Cohen / Israel

29/05/2012 10:07

And Julie, the odds are very much against you having any native American blood. You, Mel, Colin and the rest of you invading settlers are illegal occupiers of lands that you stole. Admitting it will exonerate you. You all exhibit a fairly common and pathetic pattern of making excuses for Palestinian war crimes and pretending that the Palestinians have no control over anything. The difference between the PA and Israel is that they PA refuses to prosecute their own, while Israel does. It's a fact.

17 ) Mel / USA

29/05/2012 17:14

#16:Jeez Bri!The PA IS Israel,owned,run,staffed by Zionists to suit Zionist purposes.Just like stooges before them, going back to British colonial policy of Divide et impera! U really are a MORON? I thought u were just pretending?Of course we're originally Euro-colonists.We acknowledge what colonialism did to the American Indian Nations,& why there're only approx 6 million left! Just as we recall Nazism killing 6 MILL "non-Aryans",& how 6 MILL Palestinians suffer STILL,under "chosen" ZIONISM!

18 ) @ Julie-6 / USA too

29/05/2012 18:45

This Zionist, the IDF, and the State of Israel all agree the soldiers actions
were disgusting, & criminal. A further, the conviction is a clear message
to other soldiers, that ISRAEL DOES NOT TOLERATE INHUMAN ACTS !!!

Now, either you support your allegations, with facts, where
such actions "represent COMMON treatment towards pals",
or ADMIT THAT YOU ARE AN IGNORANT LIAR !!!
- I'll be waiting.

19 ) Julie / USA

29/05/2012 19:38

#16 your first sentence discredited you, so think whatever. what an idiot, LOL.

20 ) Human Being / Palestine

29/05/2012 23:11

Brian,The people living in America now had nothing to do with the Native American lands being stolen or the genocide that happened to them, yet those in Israel are directly involved in settler activity, like stealing land , homes, murder etc. today in this present day, you cant compare people who live in America to Settlers in Israel. And why would you think it's so unlikely that Julie is part Native? Many people, like myself, have native blood, it's very common.

21 ) Brian Cohen / Israel

30/05/2012 00:25

Colin - time for you to apologize. You stated: "You will never, never see killing a Palestinian actually treated as a serious offense. In Israel, it's not." Go look up "Ami Popper" and please post your apology. There are other cases as well, but since you said "never" I have now given you the factual proof you are wrong. Own up, Colin. Israeli justice may be flawed, but it works. I stand by my claim that the Palestinians praise their own for killing Israeli civilians and "never" prosecute.

22 ) Colin Wright / USA

30/05/2012 08:19

To Brian Cohen #21 (II) 'Right wing and Orthodox politicians in Israel have demanded his release along with other Israeli prisoners who were convicted of murder or other violence committed against Palestinians' 'In jail' -- with frequent enough breaks to get married, have kids, and drive around crashing into things. Yep. You've really come down on him like a ton of bricks. His sentence has been commuted, too.

23 ) Brian Cohen / Israel

30/05/2012 08:50

So #20, most of the people living in Israel now had nothing to do with what happened 2000 years ago nor in 1918 nor in 1948. There is indeed a very good comparison between America and Israel. You have to stop claiming that people are "stealing land" because it is factual history that Jews come from Palestine. So it is our native homeland that was stolen from us. We are even willing to share our homeland with the Arabs who came after us, but your leaders won't negotiate.

24 ) Brian Cohen / Israel

30/05/2012 09:11

An important educational point for you, Colin. Pay attention to this story: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4235806,00.html Israel is handing over the remains of dead Palestinian terrorists who committed mass murder. Will this be a quiet event? I doubt it. I bet you will see a hero's welcome for the coffins of these killers, whose actions will be praised - not condemned. It will give you a good idea that Palestinians do indeed have a culture that promotes war crimes.

25 ) Julie / USA

30/05/2012 15:08

#18 - i'm not here to entertain you! wayyyyyy too many DOCUMENTED FACTS (e.g Operation Cast Lead) to list. do the research, the whole world knows. your blind denial is pathetic. all the zionazis are in pathological denial, just like Hitler was.

26 ) @ Julie-25 / USA too

30/05/2012 20:56

But, you are so entertaining, in your own brainwashed, ignorant, and
"pathological denial" ways, where everyone there NO comparison between:
1- throwing a sick man from a truck (above), and
2- Israel's defensive, Op. Cast Lead, response to Hamas breaking a ceasefire agreement, and firing 486 rockets & 309 mortars in 2 months !!!
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_mort_gaza_2008.JPG )

27 ) Brian Cohen / Israel

31/05/2012 16:26

Oh Julie, you're such a marxist-leninist reactionary throwback!!! You're so 70s! You really like the Cast Lead conclusions? Here's the result of Amnesty's research of your darling Pals: "The patterns of attacks and statements by members and leaders of Palestinian groups also indicate that they have no qualms about launching attacks against civilians and that they in fact carry out such attacks intending to kill and injure Israeli civilians. Such attacks constitute war crimes."

28 ) Monique Buckner / South Africa

01/06/2012 22:52

@ USA too Israel broke the ceasefire, not Palestine. Israel invaded Gaza on 4 November 2008 and killed six Palestinians. Ehud Barak, the Israeli 'defence' minister, personally approved the Gaza raid. The Cast Lead massacre was in no way a 'defense' if hundreds of women and children were deliberately targeted, and with the Israeli government of the opinion that Hamas was keen to keep the ceasefire going. How many rockets did Israel fire compared to Palestine and what was the compared damage?

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