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“The verdict expresses the severity of the offenses the minors committed – the murder of an innocent teenager around their own age, whose life was cruelly cut short, and the attempted abduction of another child. The heinous murder was done of ideological motives. Abu Khdeir was murdered solely because he was an Arab.”

“The sentence imposed on the defendants reflects what we asked for and the barbaric and atrocious act.”(A statement by Israel’s State Attorney, 04/02/2016)