Thirteen year olds in prison on Pesach in Israel
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Late this morning, Judge Amnon Cohen, president of the Jerusalem Shalom Court, ruled that five girls, including several thirteen year olds, would remain imprisoned until further notice.
The five girls were arrested two nights ago at the Hebron Heroes Neighborhood, where a group of youth from Hebron and Kiryat Arba attempted to rebuild there a shack. The site, located on 'worshipers way,' between Kiryat Arba and Hebron, is across the street from the area where 12 men, including three civilians and 9 officers and soldiers, were killed by Arab terrorists two and a half years ago.
The police accused the girls of 'attacking' them, however a film of the event shows otherwise.
One of the 13 year olds arrested is Yisca Federman, daughter of Noam and Elisheva Federman. She told her parents that she and the others weren't doing anything – 'we were just there.' "The police saw us and arrested us, for no cause, except our presence at the site," she told them.
Following their arrest, the girls were taken before Judge Cohen, who ordered them to sign a declaration forbidding them to be anywhere near the Hebron Heroes Neighborhood for 90 days. The girls refused. The judge then ordered them to spend the night in jail.
This morning he called the girls into his courtroom one by one, and asked them if they understood that if they continued to refuse to sign the declaration, they would spend all of Passover behind bars. Each girl answered that she understood. He then asked them if they would sign and they all refused, one at a time. Judge Amnon Cohen decreed, 'then you will remain in prison until further notice.'
According to an expert on Israeli judicial proceedings, there is no precedent for such a ruling, as such a decree does not appear in Israeli jurisprudence and is, for all intensive purposes, illegal.
At the moment the girls are being held at the Gush Etzion police station. An appeal is being filed with the Jerusalem municipal appeals court.
Late this morning, Judge Amnon Cohen, president of the Jerusalem Shalom Court, ruled that five girls, including several thirteen year olds, would remain imprisoned until further notice.
The five girls were arrested two nights ago at the Hebron Heroes Neighborhood, where a group of youth from Hebron and Kiryat Arba attempted to rebuild there a shack. The site, located on 'worshipers way,' between Kiryat Arba and Hebron, is across the street from the area where 12 men, including three civilians and 9 officers and soldiers, were killed by Arab terrorists two and a half years ago.
The police accused the girls of 'attacking' them, however a film of the event shows otherwise.
One of the 13 year olds arrested is Yisca Federman, daughter of Noam and Elisheva Federman. She told her parents that she and the others weren't doing anything – 'we were just there.' "The police saw us and arrested us, for no cause, except our presence at the site," she told them.
Following their arrest, the girls were taken before Judge Cohen, who ordered them to sign a declaration forbidding them to be anywhere near the Hebron Heroes Neighborhood for 90 days. The girls refused. The judge then ordered them to spend the night in jail.
This morning he called the girls into his courtroom one by one, and asked them if they understood that if they continued to refuse to sign the declaration, they would spend all of Passover behind bars. Each girl answered that she understood. He then asked them if they would sign and they all refused, one at a time. Judge Amnon Cohen decreed, 'then you will remain in prison until further notice.'
According to an expert on Israeli judicial proceedings, there is no precedent for such a ruling, as such a decree does not appear in Israeli jurisprudence and is, for all intensive purposes, illegal.
At the moment the girls are being held at the Gush Etzion police station. An appeal is being filed with the Jerusalem municipal appeals court.
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