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Opinion | The tragedy of state witnesses from the Arab sector Israel today

2022-01-25T20:22:03.916Z


After completing their work and sending criminals behind bars - the lives of witnesses from the sector become a nightmare • In some cases they were even murdered • The Witness Protection Authority would do well to prove that state and prosecution witnesses, regardless of religion or sector, are protected anywhere and anytime


In recent years, the police and the State Attorney's Office have succeeded in recruiting quite a few state witnesses and prosecution witnesses from the Arab sector, following complicated and complex investigations.

Several of those cases yielded results and sent criminals behind bars, and those same witnesses - after completing their work - tried to return to a normative life and routine.

But their lives became a nightmare.

In several cases, prosecution witnesses were killed - in Umm al-Fahm, in a castle, in Kafr Qassem.

The Israel Police, and probably the State Attorney's Office as well, know very well the background of the murder or injury to those witnesses, but it seems that the world is doing its custom, and things are not even reported to the families of the victims or the public.

On the one hand, the Israel Police claimed, with a degree of justice, that it had difficulty recruiting witnesses from Arab society against violent offenses, especially murder offenses or the activity of organized crime.

On the other hand, the police, and above all the State of Israel, failed miserably when they failed to protect those witnesses, who sometimes saved police and prosecutorial lawsuits, risked their lives and families and even paid with their lives for police interrogation or court testimony.

Even undercover police agents from Arab society pay a very heavy price.

Only in recent weeks have family members from Kfar Qassem testified that their lives have become a nightmare, after one of their sons was recruited as an undercover agent and worked among criminals for more than a year and a half.

After leading to the arrest of quite a few criminals and his identity revealed, the family life became an ongoing daily suffering, so much so that its people issued a notice of renunciation of their son and actions.

They announced that they were not responsible for his actions, and that he alone would bear the consequences.

All this - in order to save themselves from further harassment by those affected by the arrest.

To date, there is no exact number of state witnesses or prosecution witnesses who have paid with their lives in Arab society.

At the same time, it is a "known secret", and in almost every case a murder that takes place in Arab society knows how to tell what its background is, even if it is difficult to pinpoint with certainty the person behind the commission of the crime.

Sometimes even a third party can come into the picture, and act to inflame the conflict between the two sides.

The State Attorney's Office and the Israel Police would do well to reveal the real data to the public, and more importantly, to the families of the victims.

Aside from the fact that the lives of these families have become a nightmare, and even a burden, they have no ability to make a sound or cry, because all they want is a normative life without further unnecessary harassment.

The Witness Protection Authority is also expected to perform its role, derived from its name, and do more to prove that state witnesses or prosecution witnesses, despite the differences between them, are protected anywhere and at any time, regardless of religion or sector.

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Source: israelhayom

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