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Court convicts Israeli in Palestinian teenager’s 2014 murder | Court convicts Israeli in Palestinian teenager’s 2014 murder |
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JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem district court has convicted the main suspect in the July 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager. | JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem district court has convicted the main suspect in the July 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager. |
The court convicted 30-year-old Yosef Haim Ben David on Tuesday of murder, rejecting a plea that he was not responsible for his actions. Ben David is to be sentenced next month and could face life in prison. | |
Two other Israelis have already been sentenced for their roles in the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir in revenge for the death of three abducted Israeli teens earlier that summer. The Israelis snatched Khdeir from an east Jerusalem neighborhood, drove him to a Jerusalem forest and burned him to death. | Two other Israelis have already been sentenced for their roles in the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir in revenge for the death of three abducted Israeli teens earlier that summer. The Israelis snatched Khdeir from an east Jerusalem neighborhood, drove him to a Jerusalem forest and burned him to death. |
The gruesome killing sparked deep outrage in Israel and was part of a series of events that helped spark the Gaza war later that summer. | The gruesome killing sparked deep outrage in Israel and was part of a series of events that helped spark the Gaza war later that summer. |
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