State ordered to compensate protester beaten during outpost evacuation
Yishai Greenbaum, who suffered 10% handicap at hands of policeman, to receive 250,000 shekels
An injured settler is arrested by border policemen during clashes in the West Bank outpost of Amona on January 1, 2006. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
The state must pay 250,000 shekels in compensation to Yishai Greenbaum for injuries he suffered at the hands of a border policeman during the evacuation of the Amona outpost in 2006, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled Wednesday.
Hundreds of people were hurt at Amona — protesters and security forces alike — in the violent evacuation of the West Bank outpost.
The beating that Greenbaum received caused him injuries that a court later determined represented a 10% handicap.
The border policeman, Mordechai Mehager, later claimed that security forces were instructed to use violence to subdue protesters at Amona.