Court hands down life sentences to Palestinians who killed Reuven Schmerling

19 July 2018, 2:18 pm

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The Central District Court sentences the two Palestinian terrorists who stabbed and beat Reuven Schmerling to death last October to life in prison.

Yousef Kamil and Mohammed Abu al-Rub, both of Qabatiya in the northern West Bank, will also be required to pay NIS 250,000 in damages.

Outside the courtroom, Schmerling’s family praises the court’s decision to hand down the maximum sentence.

The 69-year-old Schmerling was a resident of the West Bank settlement of Elkana. He was stabbed and beaten to death by two of his employees at their workplace in the Arab Israeli city of Kafr Kassem on October 4. The assailants were convicted in March after taking a plea bargain.