Tag: Ashraf Abu Rahmah

  • Ashraf Abu Rahmah was arrested for being himself

    Ashraf Abu Rahmah was arrested for being himself

    23 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank To some soldiers of the Israeli army, staying alone, being quiet, and carrying a flag is a crime. To them, people who act in that way should be arrested. At least we can come to that conclusion when we think about the arrest of Ashraf Abu…

  • IDF commander involved in shooting bound Palestinian evades jail term

    27 January 2011 | YNet News Lieutenant-Colonol Omri Borberg breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after evading demotion, but residents of Naalin have no plans to let the sentence slide. Ashraf Abu Rahma, the Palestinian who was shot while bound and blindfolded, was extremely upset upon hearing the judges’ ruling. “The officer committed a crime,…

  • Commander and soldier convicted for shooting of bound Palestinian

    Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 15 July 2010 An Israel Defense Forces court on Thursday convicted a former commander and a soldier involved in shooting a bound Palestinian at close range in the West Bank city of Na’alin two years ago. The affair unfolded after Lt. Col. Omri Burberg was filmed holding the blindfolded and bound…