“Attempted Lynching.” Israeli Prosectors Charge Three Activists Who Said They Wanted “To Fight With Arabs… We Will Beat Them; If Necessary, We Will Kill Them.”
Israeli prosecutors have charged three people for “attempted lynching”. These three people wanted “to fight with Arabs,” declaring “we will beat them; if necessary, we will kill them.” According to RT:
The victim, Saeed Mousa, was assaulted by a mob in the town of Bat Yam on May 12 as an exchange of strikes between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Gaza-based armed group Hamas provoked a wave of violent Jewish-Palestinian clashes inside Israel.
Mousa was dragged out of his car and harshly beaten with flagpoles and even an electric scooter in a shocking attack broadcast on live TV. The Israeli-Arab was taken to hospital in serious condition, but has reportedly improved.
On Monday, the Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office charged Netanel Binyamin, 25, Lahav Ohanina, 18, and a 16-year-old minor, whose name couldn’t be disclosed for legal reasons, over the attack on Mousa. In its statement, the prosecutors described the incident as an “attempted lynching”.
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The suspects are also believed to have taken part in an attack on an Arab-owned restaurant, while shouting “Death to Arabs,” on that same day.
According to prosecutors, the trio were active members of a group on WhatsApp, which urged Jews to come to the promenade in Bat Yam in order to target Israeli-Arabs.
The Israeli public broadcaster Kan reportedly filmed Ohanina saying that he and the others took to the streets on May 12 “to fight with Arabs,” declaring “we will beat them; if necessary, we will kill them.”
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