Court indicts far-right Facebook troll who dreamed of decapitating Arab babies

The Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court files an indictment this week against an Israeli resident of Petah Tikva on charges including incitement to violence, incitement to racism and support for a terror organization.

Between 2012 and 2017, Zohar Zuaretz, 33, published numerous posts calling for acts of violence against Arabs as well as Israeli security forces, the indictment says.

In one post, Zuaretz writes about a “rosy” dream where he decapitates Arab babies.

“Oh my God, what a dream I had! A maternity ward and there were all the cradles with babies inside.  I draw out my butcher knife and go to every baby and if it’s Arab, I decapitate it.  By a Jewish baby I place a tikkun [a religious book]. The rosiest dream I’ve ever had!

Zuaretz is charged with carrying out a “price tag” attack against an Israel Police car by spray-painting the vehicle and slashing its tires, and with spray-painting “death to Arabs” and other slogans on two buses belonging to the Afikim company, which serves both Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank.

The far-right radical had over 1,000 followers reading his posts on Facebook, the indictment adds, pointing out that the defendant made no effort to alter his behavior after being interrogated by security forces a number of times over the five-year period.

The court concludes that Zuaretz poses a “clear risk of continuing criminal offenses on the internet, which would endanger the security of the Arab public and security forces.”

Illustrative: A Palestinian boy stands in front of a mosque near Ramallah in June. The spray-painting behind him says “price tag,” referring to acts of vandalism by pro-settler extremists against Palestinians in the West Bank. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)