Israeli settler charged with terror for assault on Palestinian olive harvesters in West Bank

What Western media have frequently and for decades omitted to report that Israel does prosecute Israelis for committing violence against Arabs! One can maybe argue that not enough such prosecutions are happening or that the punishment are too soft in some cases.

"Prosecutors on Thursday filed an indictment against 24-year-old settler Ariel Dahari, accusing him of carrying out a racially-motivated terrorist attack against Palestinian olive harvesters near Turmus Aiya near Ramallah in October, requesting that he remain in custody until the end of legal proceedings.

The case - involving the beating of a Palestinian woman and assaults on several others - stands apart as a serious settler-violence indictment, which comes amid rising domestic and international scrutiny of attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. ..."

Israel charges settler with terror over West Bank assault | The Jerusalem Post "Prosecutors indicted Ariel Dahari for a racially motivated assault on Palestinian harvesters near Turmus Aiya, seeking to keep him in custody until trial."

24-year-old settler Ariel Dahari, attacking a Palestinian woman on October 19th, 2025.

Flughäfen blockiert: Gericht verdonnert Klima-Chaoten zu 403.000 Euro Geldstrafe

Gute Nachrichten! Hätte gerne auch etwas mehr sein dürfen! 😊

Werden die Klima-Aktivisten das jeh bezahlen?

Flughäfen blockiert: Gericht verdonnert Klima-Chaoten zu 403.000 Euro Geldstrafe "Spät – aber immerhin jetzt doch: Die Justiz greift nun endlich hart gegen jene Klima-Aktivisten durch, die mit ihren Blockade-Aktionen tausende Passagiere und Fluglinien quälten."

Male Police officer steals woman’s underwear during property search

All too human! 😊 Opportunity makes a thief!

Bulldozers uproot homeless encampments in DC as Trump’s crackdown ramps up

Tough, but perhaps necessary after years of neglected vagrancy, crimes etc.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to pay $270K restitution, do 100 hours community service, take legal ethics classes to avoid criminal trial, have charges dropped

A bit unusual, but it fits under a 10 gallon hat! 😊 News from the Lone Star state!

Caveat: I am not familiar with the underlying legal matter.

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walked into a Houston courtroom Tuesday morning without saying anything about the deal he struck with the special state prosecutors that will allow him to avoid a criminal trial and eventually have the felony charges against him dropped.

To make that happen, Paxton agreed to the terms of the deal, called a pre-trial diversion, over the next 18 months.  

He'll have to pay more than $270,000 in restitution to the victims related to the state securities fraud charges.

Paxton will also have to perform 100 hours of community service, which Special Prosecutor Brian Wice said may involve spending time at a food pantry or soup kitchen.

The Attorney General will have also to check in with prosecutors virtually every 60 days. ..."

Paxton to pay restitution, do community service, take legal ethics classes to avoid criminal trial, have charges dropped - CBS Texas

Ken and his family

South African Private Firms Expand in face of Rising Violent Crime with Palki Sharma

Very recommendable! However, Palki errs that only rich people can afford private security. That's blatantly wrong!

Remember, this is the country that recently announced it wants to sue  Israel over genocide in Gaza before the International Court of Justice!

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson ditches Democrats, says 'lawless' cities need GOP leadership

Very recommendable! Huge news! Bravo!

Former Utah police chief charged with stealing thousands in public funds

Sometimes the criminal wears a police uniform! Occasionally it is the police chief of a small town!

Former Utah police chief charged with stealing thousands in public funds Travis Romney, 36, worked as Stockton’s chief of police from 2016 to 2022.

Law & Order in Medieval England

Very recommendable!

In my opinion one of the most interesting feature of this article:
"One of the things that I find fascinating about medieval English law is the transition from a criminal justice system in the 12th century that relied on trial by ordeal, to a system dependent upon juries to issue final felony verdicts by the early 13th century. That’s a world that came into being after the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, when the Catholic Church withdrew priests from administering trial by ordeal. England was then forced to choose another method of proof."

The above referred to Council was very special and comprehensive in its regulations and did indeed decree in "Canon 18: Clerics may neither pronounce nor execute a sentence of death. Nor may they act as judges in extreme criminal cases, or take part in matters connected with judicial tests and ordeals. This last prohibition, since it removed the one thing that gave the ordeal its value, was the beginning of the end of Trial by ordeal."

Besides that the Council regulated a lot of dubious things like "Canon 67: Jews may not charge extortionate interest.
Canon 68: Jews and Muslims shall wear a special dress to enable them to be distinguished from Christians so that no Christian shall come to marry them ignorant of who they are.
Canon 69: Declares Jews disqualified from holding public offices, incorporating into ecclesiastical law a decree of the Holy Christian Empire.
Canon 70: Takes measures to prevent converted Jews from returning to their former belief."

Law & Order in Medieval England - Harvard Law Today: In a Q&A, Elizabeth Papp Kamali ’07 discusses her new book, trial by ordeal, medieval juries and "felonies committed feloniously."