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Ahed Tamimi’s brother sentenced to 14 months for stone-throwing
[IsraelTimes] Father praises Wa'ed Tamimi, 22, for being on 'path of resistance,' month after sister and mother released from jail in soldier-slapping incidentAn Israeli military court on Monday sentenced the brother of Ahed Tamimi
Wa’ed Tamimi, 22, was nabbed Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! in May over an incident that took place the previous year, in March 2017, in which he and others from his village of Nabi Saleh hurled stones at an army jeep that had gotten stuck in the town. According to the indictment against Tamimi, a soldier suffered a hand injury as a result of the rock throwing. The verdict came less than a month after Tamimi’s sister Ahed Tamimi and mother Nariman Tamimi were released for prison for hitting a soldier in a case that drew international attention. In handing down its sentence ‐ which was first reported by the Kan public broadcaster ‐ Judge Rani Amar said he took into account a similar clash in which Wa’ed Tamimi took part in January 2016. For that incident, he was given a 12-month suspended sentence. Amar accepted the plea agreement reached between the defense and the prosecution in which Tamimi agreed to serve 14 months behind bars ‐ eight months for the 2017 incident and six months for the 2016 one. The 22-year-old was fined NIS 7,500 ($1,914) and given another 12-month suspended sentence over the next five years where he will be expected to not participate in any festivities with IDF troops. In a final statement after the plea agreement was announced in court, Tamimi assured Amar that "there would not be a third incident." While the typical sentence for stone-throwing that does not cause injury is six to 18 months behind bars, a spokeswoman for Tamimi’s attorney Gaby Lasky said that the prosecution had agreed to a lighter punishment for her client after inconsistencies arose in eyewitness accounts of the clash. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-22 |
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