The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court yesterday (Monday) convicted the Arabs who attacked Rabbi Eliyahu Mali, head of the Hesder Yeshiva in Jaffa, and the yeshiva's CEO Moshe Shandovitz, of assault and threats.
As part of their plea agreement, the attackers will receive a minimum sentence of community service.
The head of the Hesder yeshiva in Jaffa and the yeshiva's CEO were violently attacked about six months ago by two Arabs. Footage from the scene shows one of the Arabs kicking the rabbi violently while the other threatens him.
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The attack occurred when the yeshiva's CEO Moshe Shandowitz, along with the yeshiva's head Rabbi Mali, arrived on a street in Jaffa to purchase land from a Jew for the benefit of the yeshiva and its students. When they arrived at the scene, they were surrounded by a group of Arabs who began to harass and shout at them.
The two took their cell phones out of their pockets to record, and the Arabs responded by attacking. The yeshiva director required medical treatment at the hospital.
Immediately after the incident, Rabbi Mali filed a police complaint and returned to the yeshiva to teach the lessons.
The prosecution reached an agreement with the two attackers that they would confess to the assault attributed to them, and receive a minimal sentence of community service.
As part of the plea agreement, the state will request that one defendant be sentenced to nine months of service and the other to five months.
Yeshiva CEO Moshe Shandovitz: "We are here and we will stay here. We will not go anywhere, the Jewish community of Jaffa will stay here, grow, strengthen and develop. We at the Hesder Yeshiva and Rabbi Mali's educational institutions came to do good and will continue to do good. The path of violence is not our path and anyone who wishes to speak with us is welcome. I regret that the court chose to leniently punish the rioters and encourage violence, thus shortening the path to future acts of violence.".
