Hebron settler who shot at Palestinians remanded

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court yesterday extended the remand of Zeev Braude by four days. Braude, a resident of Kiryat Arba, was filmed shooting at Palestinians after the evacuation of the so-called "House of Contention" in Hebron last week.

An activist from the B'Tselem human rights organization filmed Braude shooting at Palestinians at short range, hitting one. In the video, the injured man is seen falling to the ground. He then gets up and begins throwing stones at Braude.

Braude turned himself in to the police over the weekend, saying he had come to complain the Palestinians shown in the film had tried to lynch him.

However, the judge rejected Braude's side of the story yesterday, and stated that the video shows him clearly taking aim at the Palestinian and instigating the confrontation.