After surviving a deadly Arab rock ambush, two Jewish brothers were shockingly arrested — until a Jerusalem judge exposed the injustice.
What began as a miraculous escape from an Arab lynch mob in Binyamin turned into an appalling miscarriage of justice when two Jewish brothers from Judea and Samaria were arrested — not their attackers — after they went to file a police complaint.
The assault occurred last Wednesday as a family was driving toward Kfar Tarfon in western Binyamin, when dozens of Arab assailants from the villages of Atara and Arura ambushed them, pelting their vehicle with rocks from close range and attempting to block their path. The father, who suffered light injuries, fired warning shots into the air in self-defense, successfully dispersing the violent mob. His quick action saved his wife and children from what could have been a deadly lynching.
Instead of arresting the terrorists, the Israeli police detained the victims. When the father and his sons arrived at the Binyamin police station to report the attack, officers detained them under caution. Later that night, the father was released — but his two sons were kept in custody overnight.
The next day, Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge Chavi Toker rebuked the police for their conduct, ruling that the arrests were “completely unjustified.”
“The investigation material does not establish any suspicion of a criminal offense,” she wrote, ordering the brothers’ immediate and unconditional release and sharply criticizing the handling of the case.
Despite the ruling, police have yet to return the father’s licensed firearm — the very weapon that saved his family’s lives.
Attorney Adi Keidar of the Honenu legal organization, representing the family, condemned the police response:
“An Arab mob carried out a lynch attempt against a Jewish family that was saved only by a miracle, yet none of the attackers were arrested. Instead, the victims were treated as criminals. The police must learn to distinguish between attacker and victim and focus on protecting Israeli citizens.”
The shocking case has reignited public anger in Judea and Samaria over unequal law enforcement, where Jewish residents defending their lives are often criminalized while Arab attackers go unpunished.
