Jerusalem Lynching Victims Awarded Additional Compensation

Five years after being brutally attacked in Jerusalem minutes after a marriage proposal, Aviah and Shachar Antman will receive an additional NIS 26,000 in compensation from two of their assailants. The settlement was reached in a civil lawsuit filed by attorney Chaim Bleicher of the Honenu organization, who represents the couple. The attackers, Omer and Yosef Jaber, agreed to pay the additional sum beyond the compensation already ordered in the criminal proceedings.

According to Honenu, all those involved in the attack have been ordered to pay a total of approximately NIS 200,000 in compensation. The incident occurred in 2021 during the "Guardian of the Walls" operation amidst riots in Jerusalem. While on Mount of Olives for their engagement, the Antmans were identified as Jewish while driving back and were subsequently blocked and attacked by the Jabers and other rioters. Aviah Antman was severely beaten and stabbed, while Shachar Antman managed to escape and hide.

Initially, no investigation led to arrests, but Honenu claims that a direct appeal by attorney Bleicher to the Jerusalem Police's central unit advanced the investigation and led to the arrests. Omer and Yosef Jaber were later convicted of a terrorist act of aggravated sabotage, receiving prison sentences of six and nine years respectively, and were ordered to pay NIS 80,000 in compensation.

Beyond the criminal case, the Antmans, represented by Honenu, pursued civil claims for further damages. "We sued all the terrorists one by one, and we succeeded in realizing significant compensation from the terrorists, and there is more to come," said attorney Bleicher. He added that the terrorists had to pay additional sums beyond what they had already paid in the criminal proceedings. The couple is also continuing a separate compensation lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority.