Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head
Israeli court acquits Jewish settler who kicked Catholic nun in the head An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank settlement of Peduel, over a violent assault on a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this year. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court acquitted Schreiber on Wednesday on the grounds of "mental illness". Following the…
An Israeli court has acquitted Yona Schreiber, a Jewish settler from the West Bank settlement of Peduel, after he violently assaulted a 48-year-old Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ruled in Schreiber’s favor on Wednesday, citing his mental illness as the reason for his acquittal. Schreiber’s legal representative, Idan Gamliel, described the incident as an "unfortunate event" and noted the nun’s "complicated emotions" regarding the assault.
The attack occurred on April 28, 2026, outside the Cenacle on Mount Zion, a site sacred to both Christians and Jews. The nun, who worked as a researcher at Jerusalem’s French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research, sustained facial injuries and required medical attention following the incident.
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