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Settler guilty of murder in arson attack on Palestinian couple

May 18, 2020

A relative stands inside the burnt-out home of Saad Dawabsha, who was killed alongside his toddler and his wife when their house was firebombed by settlers. -- File photo
A relative stands inside the burnt-out home of Saad Dawabsha, who was killed alongside his toddler and his wife when their house was firebombed by settlers. -- File photo



DUBAI -- An Israeli court on Monday found a Jewish settler guilty of racially motivated murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian couple and their baby in the occupied West Bank.

The triple conviction of Amiram Ben-Uliel, 25, by Lod District Court carries a potential life prison sentence.

He has argued that Israeli investigators forced him to make a false confession to the attack on the Dawabsheh family’s home in the village of Duma.

A lawyer for Ben-Uliel said on Monday that he would appeal the verdict at Israel’s Supreme Court. -- Agencies


May 18, 2020
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