High Court of Justice, 28 September 2008: In a hearing held today regarding the petition in the matter of Ashraf Abu Rahma, [shot by IDF soldiers in Ni'lin while handcuffed and blindfolded] submitted by the victim and four human rights organizations, B'Tselem, The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, and Yesh Din, the three judge panel harshly criticized the Military Advocate General's (MAG) decision, [to prosecute the perpetrators only for "unbecoming conduct,"] stating that the decision does not send the appropriate message.
The Justices gave the MAG forty days to reconsider his decision.