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Last update - 06:28 09/07/2008 Police fail to bring indictments in settler attacks on Palestinians By Jonathan Lis Tags: Jewish Settlers, Yesh Din  Only 10 percent of the instances in which Palestinians accused settlers of attacking them ended up in indictments being filed against the suspects, according to data presented today by the human rights group Yesh Din. The group examined 205 different cases of alleged assault by settlers that were reported over the years. The data on the 205 cases also shows that 163 of the cases have been closed by police and prosecution officials. Only in 13 cases, 8 percent, were indictments filed, while 149 cases were closed without charges being brought against the suspects. The group argues that police in the West Bank have failed in completing investigations on suspected attacks against Palestinians there. Advertisement 'Weak arm of the law' "The weak arm [of the law] avoids enforcing laws on Israelis living in the West Bank, causes the state of Israel to violate its ethical and international obligations vis a vis the population under our control," said Michael Sfard, the legal counsel for Yesh Din. The group says that of the 149 police investigations that were closed, in 91 cases this was done because the "violator's identity was not known." Forty-three other cases were closed for lack of evidence, and the rest because there was no criminal violation, no public interest or for no obvious reason. In response the police in the West Bank said Tuesday that during 2007 "a total of 550 cases were opened in cases of disturbing the peace, involving Israelis against Palestinians, left wing activists or the security forces. Of these only 195 cases were violations against Palestinians." The police also pointed out that "of the 69 indictments of disturbing the peace, 30 of the cases involved a Palestinian plaintiff." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Photoshopped launch Did Iran doctor an image of its provocative missile test launch? 'Hitler was a good boss' Nazi bodyguard describes the fuhrer's last moments in a Berlin bunker.   1.   why on earth 07:11  |  rm 09/07/08   2.   I Usually Don`t Comment On The Settlers But... 07:15  |  Yosemite 09/07/08   3.   Maybe Arabs unjustly complain? And police don`t find enough info 07:35  |  Chaim 09/07/08   4.   Haaretz can start this campaign 08:22  |  Natallie Durson 09/07/08   5.   Oh what a surprise 08:27  |  SJ 09/07/08   6.   In general the police fail 08:31  |  Ilan 09/07/08   7.   Chaim 08:34  |  Ivan 09/07/08   8.   no convicted settlers = state sponsored terrorists 10:06  |  james 09/07/08   9.   double standard 10:06  |  kelly 09/07/08   10.   injustice 10:08  |  kelly 09/07/08   11.   #6 IIan, You Mean Attacks in the Occupied West Bank 11:08  |  Johan Odin 09/07/08   12.   Apartheid 12:38  |  Michael 09/07/08   13.   #12 Israelis don`t suicide strap their own kids. 13:29  |  PETRA 09/07/08   14.   petra 13 13:39  |  potobac 09/07/08   15.   innocent until proven guilty 14:03  |  judith 09/07/08   16.   Why should they? 14:05  |  Bernard Weinberg 09/07/08   17.   Too Lax With EVERYBODY 14:19  |  dyinglikeflies 09/07/08   18.   The key question is... 14:25  |  Esther 09/07/08   19.   And Mahash fail to bring indictments in policemen attacks 14:44  |  Ivan 09/07/08   20.   #16 Bernard is puzzled..... 15:49  |  Johnboy 09/07/08   21.   Maybe it`s just proof that paliwood is not very believable 16:14  |  Arie 09/07/08   22.   Israel is a Jewish state, not a democracy 16:38  |  Harold 09/07/08   23.   16--Bernard what are you saying 17:43  |  Dave Duncan 09/07/08   24.   #11 I don`t mind if the Arabs stay 17:47  |  Ilan 09/07/08   25.   And so on 18:17  |  Sylvie 09/07/08   26.   yesh din are a bunch of racists 19:02  |  Jack Rubin 09/07/08

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