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Two arrested in Israel for threatening judges who convicted soldier: police
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | 6:36am EST
Two arrested in Israel for threatening judges who convicted soldier: police
By Jeffrey Heller | JERUSALEM
Israeli police said on Thursday they arrested two people for inciting violence on social media against three military judges who convicted a soldier of manslaughter over his fatal shooting of a wounded Palestinian attacker.
The judges found Sergeant Elor Azaria, 20, guilty of the charge on Wednesday, and supporters have set up several Facebook pages urging Israel's president to pardon him. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also called for a pardon on his own Facebook page.
The case has polarized Israel. A military security detail was assigned to the judges on Wednesday, when several hundred far-right supporters of Azaria clashed with police outside the Tel Aviv military base as the verdict was being read out.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said officers had arrested a man in Jerusalem and a woman in the southern town of Kiryat Gat whose social media comments constituted "incitement to violence" against the judges.
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Two arrested in Israel for threatening judges who convicted soldier: police
By Jeffrey Heller | JERUSALEM
Israeli police said on Thursday they arrested two people for inciting violence on social media against three military judges who convicted a soldier of manslaughter over his fatal shooting of a wounded Palestinian attacker.
The judges found Sergeant Elor Azaria, 20, guilty of the charge on Wednesday, and supporters have set up several Facebook pages urging Israel's president to pardon him. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also called for a pardon on his own Facebook page.
The case has polarized Israel. A military security detail was assigned to the judges on Wednesday, when several hundred far-right supporters of Azaria clashed with police outside the Tel Aviv military base as the verdict was being read out.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said officers had arrested a man in Jerusalem and a woman in the southern town of Kiryat Gat whose social media comments constituted "incitement to violence" against the judges.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-soldier-idUSKBN14P0Y0