By Joshua Leifer Published April 25, 2018 Former Border Police officer Ben Deri pled guilty to a reduced charge of negligent manslaughter for killing an unarmed Palestinian teenage boy in Beitunia four years ago. He was not charged with the killing of a second boy. “This whole thing is a joke,” Firas Asali, the Nawara family’s […]
Read More »High Court to examine proposed plea bargain under which border policeman Ben Dery will get light punishment. Amira Hass Feb 28, 2017 Attorneys Firas Asali and Yazeed Kawar, representing Nuwara’s parents, Nahil and Siam, say the plea bargain’s statement that “a live bullet accidentally entered the cartridge” is patently illogical. Moreover, they argue, though the […]
Read More »Parents of teenager shot dead by Israeli soldier four years ago continue to wait for sentencing while killer walks free. by Ylenia Gostoli 10 Jan 2018 Ramallah, West Bank – Nearly four years after Nadeem Nawarah, 17, was killed by a single live round fired into his chest by an Israeli police officer, his family is […]
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