Settler car assault victim placed under house arrest

[ 18/10/2010 - 07:27 PM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- One of the Palestinian boys who were recently run down by the car of an Israeli settler in Jerusalem’s Silwan district last week as seen on television was placed under house arrest. Israeli news reported Monday that the boy, who was arrested about ten days back on charges of throwing rocks at the car of Elad foundation chief David Be’eri, will be under house arrest for two more weeks and must remain in his residence for the entire time. Sources added that Israeli security forces imposed a NIS 2,000 fine (around $560) on the boy’s parents in addition to them paying a bail bond of NIS 10,000 (around $2,800). The development is one in a series of abuse targeting Palestinian minors. Two other minors from the Wadi Al Jawz section of Jerusalem were put under house arrest for at least 20 days. ----------- House arrest for child run down by settler   JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- An Israeli court on Sunday ordered the release of a 12-year-old boy, detained on 8 October after he was filmed being run down by an Israeli settler organization leader in Silwan in East Jerusalem. Omran Muhammad Mansour was released on 2,000 shekels bail (around $560), and his family was ordered to sign a further 10,000 shekels bail. The court also decided that Omran will be placed under house arrest, and will only be permitted to leave his home to go to school, accompanied by one of his parents, Ma'an's correspondent said. The boy was detained from his home, after being identified in news footage being hit by Elad leader David Be'eri with his car. Omran was one of two children seen throwing stones at the vehicle, during protests in the flashpoint neighborhood. Several weeks of unrest in Silwan had followed the killing of a Palestinian resident by an Israeli settler guard on 22 September. The Israeli news site Ynet said Be'eri was questioned by police, and released on bail the same day.