I have a couple of questions for Her Honour, Sarah Dovrat: The same court, the same judge, a different date the same decision: "The circumstances have not changed in any way, nor has any new fact been shown me, which can neutralize the respondent's menace." (Decision of the Be'er Sheva District Court, Case # B.Sh. Then, as the case for the prosecution grew steadily weaker, we made another attempt to get house arrest. Through my lawyer, Baruch Ben-Yosef, I appealed the 24th Tishrei decision to the Supreme Court.
#MENACE TO SOCIETY ENDING SERIAL#
Even the prosecution did not claim that I am a serial shooter, or that I would be likely to shoot for no reason. I have legally held a firearm for about five years, and have used it precisely once - when I judged my life to be in danger. 021515/03, given on 24th Tishrei 5766 - 27th October 2005)If Her Honour happens to read this essay, I want her to know that I never imagined that by defending my life, and carefully not endangering the life of anyone else (not even the Arabs who would have happily taken my life), I thereby became a menace to society. Under these circumstances, the end of the Disengagement does not neutralize the respondent's menace." (Decision of the Be'er Sheva District Court, Case # B.Sh. A person who carries a weapon and uses it, testifies to the menace inherent in him, and is not a result of political tension. When I appealed this decision, Her Honour Sarah Dovrat decided: "The actions of the respondent are dangerous, regardless of the political background. The Court decreed, months ago, that I would be held in jail until the end of proceedings (to date, 6 1/2 months). However, the only thing these witnesses all agreed upon was that before any shots were fired, they (the Arabs) were throwing rocks at Jews. In addition to the testimony of Nasser Wafi, several Arab "eye-witnesses" disposed of almost everything alleged by the government: how many people were holding firearms how many shots were fired what the alleged shooter looked like what time Nasser Wafi was shot the range at which he was shot which leg he was wounded in. In my case, I was accused of shooting an Arab named Nasser Wafi, who alleged that he was hit in the thigh by my bullet. As I write these lines, my friend Shimshon Cytryn is under house arrest, and faces a charge of attempted murder - for allegedly throwing a rock at an Arab.Īpparently, a rock thrown by an Arab is harmless, while a rock thrown by a Jew is lethal. Unfortunately, those who know this fact can no longer testify.Ĭome to that, the court itself recognizes that rocks are dangerous to life. Other people who have seen rock-throwing Arabs, can testify that rocks are dangerous to life. Many people (in particular, judges and other assorted intellectuals whose lives center around the genteel suburbs of north Tel Aviv, Ramat Hasharon and Tzahala) will argue that rocks are not dangerous to life. I saw my life was in clear and present danger, and in pure instinctive self-defense, I fired those shots. Very well, I confess: when about 50 Arabs attacked me with rocks, I fired a few warning shots in the air, in order to cover my retreat.
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