Settler charged with kidnapping Palestinian

[Scurrilous]

Son of Yesha Human Rights Organization head indicted on charges of kidnapping Palestinian youth, beating him, and leaving him naked in field after chasing him and his friends with mini tractor

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3639016,00.html

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"An indictment was filed with the Jerusalem District Court Monday against 26-year-old Zvi Struk from Shiloh, charging him with the abuse of a number of Palestinian youths and the kidnapping of one of them.

The indictment states that five months ago the defendant, son of Yesha Human Rights Organization head Orit Struk, arrived at an outpost located between Shiloh and Kfar Kusra in the West Bank. He arrived on a mini tractor and began to chase the youths on the scene.

The youths attempted to escape, but Struk cornered one of them and his friend, armed with Struk's M-16 rifle, alighted and began to fire in the air. According to the prosecution, Struk then began to beat the boy, who had put his hands up in surrender, and knocked him to the ground.

The indictment goes on to say that Struk's friend continued to beat the boy while he chased another youth, beat him, and dragged him to the mini tractor bleeding. He then proceeded to blindfold and tie him to the tractor, and rode off with his hostage in tow.

The prosecution claims that the boy lost consciousness during the ride, and was brought to an open field where the two suspects beat him, undressed him, and left him blindfolded and tied. He remained there for a number of hours, until he managed to untie himself and find a car to take him home."

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1. Let's count the crimes

Kidnapping, assault, battery, assault with a deadly weapon (tractor), assault with a deadly weapon (rifle), use of a firearm, aggravated assault. Probably a few others. If proven true, Struk should go away forever.

Pardon me for trying to find a silver lining, but maybe this kind of heinous crime will help turn the Israeli public against the settlers. I realize that this was a terrible thing to happen to someone, but maybe some good can come of it.