Tzviya Sariel to be Released on Wednesday (Israeli Girl)

(IsraelNN.com) The pressure apparently worked. Tzviya Sariel, the 18-year-old girl who has been imprisoned for 3.5 months for refusing to recognize the authority of Israel's legal system in her case, is apparently scheduled to be freed at 2 PM on Wednesday.

The Prosecution has summed up its case, and has said that it would not ask for more than "time served" in the event of a conviction. Tzviya's family is already preparing for her homecoming.

The Case Tzviya Sariel was arrested in early December on charges of having pushed an Arab man who came to harvest olives in her hometown of Elon Moreh, in the Shomron (Samaria). Upon arrest, she refused to identify herself, accept legal counsel, or otherwise cooperate with the legal system. She explained that she would have nothing to do with a non-Torah based legal system in Israel that wished to prevent Jews from exercising their rights to the Land of Israel.

It is believed that for this reason, she was "punished" by the extended incarceration and extra abuse while in prison. For instance, court dates were pushed off by a month at a time, leaving her imprisoned for the duration, and she was even placed in solitary confinement for various periods - nine days in total - after not agreeing to be strip-searched or stand when prisoners are counted.

At one of the most recent court sessions, the Arab complainant essentially withdrew his charges against Tzviya - yet she remained in prison nevertheless.

Surprise Hearing on Tuesday Early this morning (Tuesday), she was brought for a sudden and surprise court hearing to the Kfar Saba Magistrates Court - even though the next court session had been scheduled only for April 3. The prosecution summed up its case, and State Attorney Shir Laufer stated that in the event of a conviction, she does not plan to ask for more jail time than that which Tzviya has already served.

The judge announced that the verdict would be handed down on Wednesday at 2 PM. Thus, whether or not Tzviya is convicted, she should be out of prison well in time for the Purim holiday, which begins Thursday night.

"She was arrested on the eve of Chanukah," a cheerful Tzviya's mother told Arutz-7, "and she will be freed on the eve of Purim. There's some symbolism to that." Mrs. Sariel noted that though she brought her daughter some books over the past few weeks, "often they never got to her, or got to her only after many days."

Yitzchaki: Inhumane, Illegal, Immoral Harassment "Apparently the public pressure in Israel and even around the world has had an effect in stopping this illegal, inhumane and immoral judicial process," said activist Datia Yitzchaki, who has been closely following the case. "This has been three and a half months of harassment and abuse by the State Prosecution, the judge, and the Prison Service of an innocent girl."

Record Amounts of Purim Sweets for Tzviya The announcement appears likely to put a halt to Yitzchaki's nationwide campaign to gather what appeared to be headed to be the largest Mishloach Manot ever put together. The plan was to collect food and sweets from all over the country and deliver them as a ceremonious Purim food-package to Tzviya in prison - in keeping with the religious obligation to share food-packages with friends and neighbors on the holiday.

To this end, food or donations have already been collected from close to 90 towns in Israel and around the world, including the U.S., Australia, Holland, Switzerland, Brazil, England, Belgium, and France.

Yitzchaki, who expressed her amazed bewilderment at the fact that "in modern Israel, a young girl can be imprisoned for such a long period merely because of her beliefs," told Arutz-7 that the plan is still to deliver the Mishloach Manot to Tzviya on the day of Purim, wherever she may be.

Yitzchaki admits that there is still a "1% chance" that the Prosecution will continue its torture campaign against Tzviya by not asking specifically for her release tomorrow, "but this appears to be unlikely, as it will be transparent to the entire world."

The only crime the young woman committed was to refuse to submit to the state's lawlessness.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

“The Case Tzviya Sariel was arrested in early December on charges of having pushed an Arab man who came to harvest olives in her hometown of Elon Moreh, in the Shomron (Samaria).”

Apparently, not.
She committed battery upon another person.

The only crime the young woman committed was to refuse to submit to the state's lawlessness.

So you think it's OK for someone to refuse to accept the legal system in their country (because it's "non-Torah" or "not Sharia" or whatever reason they come up with)?

I am no legal scholar, but does not her rejection of the legal juridisdiction of the court amount to a big “so what”?

Also, sounds like she wants a Jewish version of religious law vice civil law (based on I assume the Torah?) Ya think that would discriminate against a non-Jew just a Sharia discriminates against non-muslims?

I guess that would mean if it were me, I would reject American civil law & juridiction because I am a Christian, therefore only a Christian court should be able to try me?

Let us hope we never allow this concept of justice to become a precedent in the US.

Perhaps she should not have been incarcerated for this set of “crimes”, but I am not familar with Israeli juris prudence/civil rights, in the USA, I think it would not be tolerated, unless the “suspect” is declared dangerous or a flight risk by a judge....

Oh well. Shalom.

Yes, it is a big “so what”.

Any criminal who wants to escape the penalties of their actions could “reject” the legal jurisdiction for any number of reasons.

She tried and she lost.

We have similar cases here in America.
White supremacists, black racists, religious separatists, etc.

"Apparently, not.
She committed battery upon another person."

Kneejerk

Sariel was arrested in December and has been held for three months for allegedly pushing an Arab who entered her town to pick olives. Judges decided to keep her in prison without formal charges after she refused to cooperate with the secular justice system. Sariel, 18, remains in prison even after two Arab men, witnesses called by the prosecution, testified that she was not involved in the alleged physical assault.

Jabber Mahmoud Hussein, called to the stand by the Prosecution, said: "I managed to come to court twice, despite the fact that the accused didn't hit me or do anything bad to us at all...we are prepared to close this case because all we want is to harvest olives in peace."

Actually Torah Law is rather unique in that it treats Jews more strictly than non-Jews as it recognized all 613 commandments placed upon Jews and only the seven Noahic Laws as applying to non-Jews. Also, in the Torah it says, and I am paraphrasing here, Treat the foreigner as you treat your own. Many of our current fair treatment for all under the law are derived from Jewish Law.

Sorry, but I don’t recognize your authority, nor the authority of any entity other than the FSM.

She had the opportunity to cooperate and refused.
If she was innocent, she could have cleared this up, but she decided to play the religion card.

No sympathy.
Not even at the “kneejerk” level.

FSM???? Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster??? Federated States of Micronesia??? Free Speech Movement???

I'm so glad to you are content that someone can be hauled off to a dungeon even though they are innocent and the persons who were assaulted can even say that this girl did nothing to them, yet you smile at her predicament because she dared to challenge the State. God help us I hope no one ever puts you in charge of anything more than a cargo plane of rubber dog skat out of Hong Kong.

Cops have a saying:

You can beat the rap.
But you can't beat the ride.

Like it our not, they had the authority to detain her.
She decided to play games.
If she wanted to go to court and have them prove her guilt, whe would have worked within the system. She could have had her day in court, but she wanted to play. Sounds a lot like illegal immigrants who refuse to provide positive or verifyable identification in order to delay their trial or expulsion.

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