Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade Bomber Sentenced To 6 Months Community Sevice

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced 35-year-old Michael Naky, who was accused of trying to stop the 2007 gay pride parade in the city by setting off a makeshift explosive device, to six months community service.

Community service for man who set off bomb during pride parade
Aviad Glickman • Ynet

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced 35-year-old Michael Naky, who was accused of trying to stop the 2007 gay pride parade in the city by setting off a makeshift explosive device, to six months community service.

The judge accepted the plea bargain between the defendant and the prosecution.

I don't recall the specific details of this case, but what type of country would give a man who risked the lives of so many people, and who committed an act of terrorism, a sentence of 6 months community service?

Imagine if it had been a Jewish Pride parade and the bomber was an antisemite or affilated with a terrorist group. Would he have been sentenced to community service?

Of course not.

This bizarre sentence goes hand-in-hand with other bizarre sentences, including similarly light sentences for settlers who instigate violece against Arabs, and haredim who are violent toward police or toward non-haredim, like the Women of the Wall.

In so many ways, Israel is a broken country.

[Hat Tip: CS.]

Comments

[SJ]

I think he should be sentenced to 6 months of counseling gay people on how to go back to being straight. XD It's obviously his dream job. XD

[effie]

I'd like to know what progress, if any, they made on the teen gay center murders. I'm just not use to the way other countries protect the guilty. They need an Israel's Most Wanted program. They'd go nuts!

[Aleksandr Sigalov]

This bizarre sentence goes hand-in-hand with other bizarre sentences, including similarly light sentences for settlers who instigate violece against Arabs, and haredim who are violent toward police or toward non-haredim, like the Women of the Wall.

Shmaryah, but what exactly surprises you?

Homosexuality should not have any place in Israel. This sentence was clearly a work of religious folks out there. And in this particular case - it was the right thing to do.

But such bizarre outcomes are a prime symptoms of a corrupted and perverted religious ideology.

So I do agree with you when you say that: In so many ways, Israel is a broken country. Very much so, I might add.

[A. Nuran]

A terrorist who sets off bombs designed to cause mass indiscriminate death should be in jail for decades.

[Menachem Mendel lll]

Six months is an insult.

This criminal act was a "hate crime."

Michael Naky should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

What kind of message does this send out WRT the lives and "value" of Gay peoples in The Jewish Democratic State Of Israel.

[A. Nuran]

MM III, forget "hate crime". This was a terrorist attack and an attempt to cause indiscriminate death and destruction.

[yidandahalf]

A mugging and rape of an elderlay woman in her condominium or apt. is not a hate crime. Someone out there still concsious, please tell me what the fuck a hate crime is and why legeslation for it was necessary.

[Aleksandr Sigalov]

Someone out there still concsious, please tell me what the fuck a hate crime is and why legeslation for it was necessary.

"Hate Crime" is another way of saying "liberal douche".

When someone commits a "hate crime" it means that he had commited a crime against a "liberal douche".

Something like that, although I'm not an expert....

[A. Nuran]

And "liberal douche" is Alek's way of saying "Doesn't foam at the mouth and burn with the helpless desire to murder heathens, sodomites and infidels"

[Aleksandr Sigalov]

Yes, sir! ;) You are correct ;)

[Adam Neira]

I am against a gay pride march in the Holy City, but there are ways to influence and change behaviour in a non-violent manner.

[Barry]

I seem to remember that the explosive device was very small and not much of a threat to life or limb.

[Sarah K]

This joke of a sentence for such a horrible attempted crime proves Israel is indeed beyond broken but is it too late to fix it? Our beloved homeland is in sad shape.
Sarah K

[uncle joe mccarthy]

a miscarriage of justice means the entire country is ruined?

well, if that is the case...the united states was done long ago

from what i have read, the perp was not connected to the pipe bomb that exploded, he was found carrying one.

he shouldve gotten hard time...granted...but i have no idea what the plea bargain entailed, or if he was turned on his co-conspirators.