Indictment against Noam Federman: He threw stones at rioters who attacked him • Watch

August 30, 2015   

The Prosecution Unit of the Shi'ite District filed an indictment against Noam Federman, a resident of the Federman Farm in Kiryat Arba, claiming that he "damaged a vehicle." The indictment was filed following a confrontation that occurred in December 2014, when Federman was driving in his car in Hebron with two of his children, and was attacked with stones. The incident occurred on the access road to the Jewish settlement in Hebron. Federman got out of the vehicle and chased the stone throwers into an alley, where they fled. In the alley, stones were thrown at Federman and his son, and Federman threw stones back at the attackers. The incident was documented by a B'Tselem photographer. The footage also shows Federman approaching a commercial vehicle, taking trays of eggs from it and throwing them. As a result, the vehicle's owner fled the scene. Federman said that when he was questioned by the police, he was shown an army documentary film showing the stone throwers throwing stones at IDF soldiers before arriving at the scene - and instead of arresting them, The rioters fled the scene, which led the rioters to attack Federman's vehicle. In response to the filing of the indictment, Federman said: "It is very serious that the prosecution in the State of Israel turned the attacked person into the defendant, when instead of capturing my and my sons' attackers, they chose the usual and leftist path of filing a baseless indictment against the defenders. "Everyone knows that stones were thrown at me and my family and that all my actions were in self-defense. "I intend to turn this trial into a political trial in which the ongoing security lawlessness in general in Judea and Samaria and Hebron in particular will be examined.".