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SvennoJ on 14 March 2025
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Israeli court releases suspect who shot Palestinian man in Jerusalem

A magistrates’ court in Jerusalem has ordered the release of an Israeli man accused of shooting a Palestinian municipal worker into house arrest.

The Times of Israel, quoting witnesses, said the Palestinian man, Ahmad Nijam, was shot in the leg in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday when “a mob of young Jewish extremists chanting ‘Death to Arabs'” attacked him.

Judge David Shaul Gabai Richter, however, ruled on Thursday that although the incident was one in which a weapon was used, “I do not believe that the defendant can be deemed a … criminal.”

Footage – recorded by Nijam’s acquaintance, and posted on X by Israeli human rights group Mistaclim – shows the victim writhing on the ground in pain as two others, including an Israeli soldier, stand nearby.

According to the Times, Nijam told Israel’s Channel 13 that the mob approached him and demanded to know why he was in the area generally frequented by Jews. He said the Israeli suspect ordered him to the ground before shooting him in the leg.

Nijam also told Channel 13 that upon his release from hospital, Israeli authorities summoned him for questioning asking why he was out so late.



Translation: Yesterday, there was a terrorist attack on King George Street in Jerusalem. He didn’t open editions or even a morning prayer. Or Udi Segal did not broadcast. The terrorist, armed with a licensed gun, was Jewish. And the victim is a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem. The police called it a shooting incident.