The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced to prison terms eight young men convicted of membership in a neo-Nazi gang operating in central Israel.
The gravest punishment given to one of the gang members was seven years in jail.
Judge Zvi Gurfinkel wrote in the ruling, “These are horrifying actions no Jews can accept.”
As part of the organization, which also included three minors who were also convicted, the gang members drank alcohol, took photos with a Nazi salute and spoke of the Nazi ideology. The first convict, Arik Buanitov, who was sentenced to seven years in prison, preached the Nazi ideology to his friends.
On various occasions, gang members would attack different people, be it for the color of their skin or for their ethnic affiliations. The group called itself “Patrol 36” and chose a skull as its logo.
“We have recently marked the 70th anniversary of Krystallnacht (Nazi pogrom) around the world and here, before us, we see event reminiscent of those dark times,” Judge Gurfinkel wrote in his ruling.
“The fact that these are Jews who immigrated to Israel and have chosen to adopt racial theories is grave. The notion that they did so in order to please others is unacceptable… there is no manner in which the court can be lenient, despite the circumstances and the defendants’ young age,” added the justice.
Source: www.ynet.co.il
