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| − | *The racist<ref>Ari Litman, [https://www.kolhair.co.il/jerusalem-news/164204/ The background is nationalist: the marriage proposal ended in a lynching by three residents of East Jerusalem], KolHair, Jun 21, 2021.<blockquote><font size=1> | + | *The racist<ref>Ari Litman, [https://www.kolhair.co.il/jerusalem-news/164204/ The background is nationalist: the marriage proposal ended in a lynching by three residents of East Jerusalem], ''Kol Hair'', Jun 21, 2021.<blockquote><font size=1> |
| | Aviyah Antman proposed marriage to his partner on the eve of Jerusalem Day. About an hour later, Arab rioters savagely attacked them on nationalistic grounds. An indictment was filed against three of them. | | Aviyah Antman proposed marriage to his partner on the eve of Jerusalem Day. About an hour later, Arab rioters savagely attacked them on nationalistic grounds. An indictment was filed against three of them. |
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| | Finally Aviyah managed to escape from the rioters and return to his car. So he drove to the nearby Beit Orot neighborhood and called the police. As a result of the attack, he suffered many bruises and two stab wounds to his back. He was hospitalized for five days and underwent surgery. | | Finally Aviyah managed to escape from the rioters and return to his car. So he drove to the nearby Beit Orot neighborhood and called the police. As a result of the attack, he suffered many bruises and two stab wounds to his back. He was hospitalized for five days and underwent surgery. |
| − | The three are accused of a terrorist act of aggravated malicious wounding, rioting and willfully damaging a vehicle with a racial motive. Their detention was extended until the end of the proceedings against them.</font></blockquote></ref> group: May 9 lynching minutes a young man after he proposed to his fiancee, and attemoted arson targeting Jews on May 11, all: "for ideological-nationalist motives because they were Jews."<ref>M. Zigdon, [https://www.myzman.co.il/articles/zmanmahle/4988/ They lynched a Jew and tried to set fire to a bus with the passengers on the way to Ma'ale Adumim], News at Mahle Net, 23/06/2021.<blockquote><font size=1> | + | The three are accused of a terrorist act of aggravated malicious wounding, rioting and willfully damaging a vehicle with a racial motive. Their detention was extended until the end of the proceedings against them.</font></blockquote></ref> group: May 9 lynching a young man, minutes after he proposed to his fiancee,<ref>Orli Harari, [https://www.inn.co.il/news/591542 Lynch in a marriage proposal: Avia and Shahar Antman filed a civil lawsuit of millions of shekels against the terrorists], ''INN'', Feb 7, 2023.<blockquote><font size=> |
| | + | The Antmans, who were injured in a lynching on the Mount of Olives when they returned from their marriage proposal, filed a civil lawsuit of approximately NIS 2,000,000 against the terrorists who carried out the lynching. |
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| | + | Avia and Shahar Antman, who were attacked two years ago after returning from their marriage proposal at Beit ha-Hoshen in Jerusalem, filed a civil lawsuit in the district court through attorney Haim Bleicher from the Honenu organization against the terrorists Nawaf Abu Alhawa [نواف أبو الهوى] and Rami Salah El-Din [رامي صلاح الدين] who participated in the lynching, in the amount of NIS 1,950,000. |
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| | + | The terrorists were convicted in the Jerusalem District Court in June 2022 as part of a plea deal and were sentenced to 5 and 7 years in prison. The prosecution appealed the terrorists' sentence to the Supreme Court and it was increased to 6 and 9 years in prison. |
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| | + | In the lawsuit filed by Attorney Bleicher, details about the damage caused to them as a result of the incident and details about the pain and suffering they experienced, and are still experiencing, mainly on the mental level, following the incident. As part of the lawsuit, the victims ask the court to award the terrorists punitive damages, due to the fact that the terrorists caused The damages from a racist-nationalist motive (terrorism). |
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| | + | Let's recall that the lynching happened about two years ago, after Avia proposed marriage to his chosen heart Shahar in Beit Ha-Hoshen overlooking the Temple Mount. On their way back from the marriage proposal, their car was blocked by Arab rioters who started throwing rocks and stones at them. Aviah got out of the car and was beaten, stoned and even stabbed in the back. Shahar managed to escape and join the police, and her injured father also came to them. He was taken to Shaare Zedek Hospital, and was hospitalized and needed prolonged medical treatment - which postponed the couple's engagement party. |
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| | + | Attorney Bleicher said after filing the statement of claim: "Islamic terrorism is constantly working to cause panic and harm the citizens of Israel in a severe and cruel manner. We will do everything to exact the heaviest price possible from those terrorists. Anyone who participated in the brutal lynching is expected to receive this type of lawsuit. After accompanying the criminal proceedings with the demand for a stricter prison sentence, we hope in this way of hitting the pocket to contribute our part in the war to deter terrorism."</font></blockquote></ref> and attempted arson targeting Jews on May 11, all: "for ideological-nationalist motives because they were Jews."<ref>M. Zigdon, [https://www.myzman.co.il/articles/zmanmahle/4988/ They lynched a Jew and tried to set fire to a bus with the passengers on the way to Ma'ale Adumim], News at Mahle Net, 23/06/2021.<blockquote><font size=1> |
| | A sharp indictment was filed against three Arabs from the east of the city who lynched Aviah Antman - two of them were indicted for attempting to set fire to a bus near the Naomi Shemer tunnel with Molotov cocktails that only luckily did not hit the bus - the three were arrested until the end of the proceedings. | | A sharp indictment was filed against three Arabs from the east of the city who lynched Aviah Antman - two of them were indicted for attempting to set fire to a bus near the Naomi Shemer tunnel with Molotov cocktails that only luckily did not hit the bus - the three were arrested until the end of the proceedings. |
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| | His wife Shahar described to the judge how their happy day turned into a traumatic event. "It is about the event of our marriage proposal, an event that we have waited for and dreamed about all our lives. This event, instead of being remembered forever as the happiest event in our lives, will be remembered as a trauma." | | His wife Shahar described to the judge how their happy day turned into a traumatic event. "It is about the event of our marriage proposal, an event that we have waited for and dreamed about all our lives. This event, instead of being remembered forever as the happiest event in our lives, will be remembered as a trauma." |
| | Shahar later said that the two carry the consequences with them to this day. "Things we did not experience before the incident, fear and threat that we are experiencing. From this is also our request that the defendants in our case be punished to the maximum extent. There are also some of the attackers who have not been arrested to this day. We seek to deter them and others like them, so that they understand that this is something that does not pay off for them. We will be happy That the court will take into account what we experienced and exhaust the law with them."</font></blockquote></ref> | | Shahar later said that the two carry the consequences with them to this day. "Things we did not experience before the incident, fear and threat that we are experiencing. From this is also our request that the defendants in our case be punished to the maximum extent. There are also some of the attackers who have not been arrested to this day. We seek to deter them and others like them, so that they understand that this is something that does not pay off for them. We will be happy That the court will take into account what we experienced and exhaust the law with them."</font></blockquote></ref> |
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