Rock-thrower in fatal attack gets 18 years in plea deal
East Jerusalem resident reaches agreement with prosecutors in stone-throwing that led to crash, killing Alexander Levlovitz; family of victim to appeal
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A Palestinian man struck a plea bargain with Jerusalem prosecutors Sunday over a rock-throwing attack on a car in the capital last year that led to the death of the 64-year-old driver.
Alexander Levlovitz was driving home from a Rosh Hashanah meal on September 14, 2015 when the group of four stone-throwers pelted his car with rocks in southern Jerusalem.
Levlovitz lost control of the vehicle, drove into a pole, and was killed.
The four Palestinians, all from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Tsur Baher, were indicted for the attack. Courts have determined that Abed Muhammad Abed Rabu Dawiat, who was 19 at the time, was the one who stood closest to Levlovitz’s car on the traffic island dividing two lanes of vehicles and threw the rock that led to his death.
On Monday, the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office will present the plea bargain for Dawiat to the Jerusalem District Court. According to the deal, Dawiat will serve 18 years in jail. The family of the victim has said they will appeal the deal.
“It is a shame they did not allow the judges to prosecute and give the maximum sentence,” Nir Levlovitz, the son of the victim, said about the prosecutors, according to the Ynet news site.
Three weeks ago, one of the other defendants, a minor, agreed to testify against the other three, and in return for his cooperation received a nine-year prison term.
Levlovitz was one of the first Israelis killed in the year-long wave of terror attacks. Since then, at least 34 Israelis and four foreign nationals have been killed in attacks by Palestinians.
Over 200 Palestinians have also been killed, most of them while attacking Israelis, and the rest during clashes with troops, according to the Israeli army.
The Times of Israel Community.