'Death to Settlers' – Not Prosecutable

Arutz Sheva ^ | 30/3/12 | Gil Ronen

[Eleutheria5]

The State Attorney's Office has refused to file charges against a former lecturer at the Bezalel art school who wrote "death to the settlers" on his Facebook page.

The man, Tzvi Elhayani, wrote: "Death to the settlers – because you are a spiritual murder of the nation of Israel."

Following this publication, the Legal Forum for the Land of Israel asked the Attorney General and Government Legal Advisor to initiate an investigation on suspicion of incitement to murder.

Attorney Dan Eldad of the State Attorney's Office wrote in his reply to the Forum that "the statement is infuriating" and that "all are in agreement that even if a participant in the public debate thinks that the other side brings spiritual murder upon the nation of Israel, spiritual murder is not really murder and it is not proper to call for the death of a person or to wish for the death of a members of any group, only because the speaker opposes their actions and sees them as a danger to the development of the nation."

Attorney Eldad went on to say that according to the criteria set by the Supreme Court, Elhayani should not be prosecuted: he does not have any public standing and is not well known; he no longer lectures at the university and does not have students; and there is no tangible possibility that his statement will lead to violent action.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

according to the criteria set by the Supreme Court, Elhayani should not be prosecuted: he does not have any public standing and is not well known; he no longer lectures at the university and does not have students

Ah, but he probably *does* have a street address.