An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a Jerusalemite young man to 16 years in prison over a stabbing attempt two years ago according to Israeli media.
The Hebrew newspaper Yediot Ahronot reported that the Jerusalem District Court sentenced Bahaa Eweisat 22 a resident of the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem to 16 years in prison for attempted murder and illegal possession of a knife.
In October 2015 Eweisat was allegedly waiting with a knife in the Nof Zion settlement to carry out a stabbing attack when a police officer asked him to identify himself.
According to the sources Ewisat refused and tried to stab the policeman.
Ewisat’s family strongly denied the Israeli charges.
