While Israeli politicians and military leaders may not always be fair or honest, the judiciary almost always is…
Israel’s highest court has ordered stronger charges against two military personnel over the shooting of a bound Palestinian in the West Bank last year.
The sergeant and his commanding officer were originally charged with improper conduct, which would have carried a maximum penalty of one year in prison.
The court called for charges reflecting the gravity of the offence, which was filmed by human rights activists.
…”It is a cruel act that deserves a punishment which reflects this,” the judges said in a statement.”The moral gap between the nature of the act described in the indictment and the manner of evaluation in the indictment – as the offence of ‘improper conduct’ – is so deep that it cannot stand,” they wrote.
