(Ynet News) Itamar Fleishman - A West Bank military court on Tuesday convicted Waal al-Araja, a member of the Palestinian security forces from Halhoul, for the murder of Asher Palmer and his infant son, Yonatan, in September 2011. Al-Araja, who was throwing rocks from a moving vehicle toward Palmer's car on Route 60, causing the father and son's death, was also convicted in connection with a series of attempted murders of a similar nature. Al-Araja admitted his actions in both the interrogation and during the trial. In their verdict the judges noted that al-Araja was convicted of murder because it was proven that he intended to kill Jews and that he understood that throwing rocks could cause their deaths.
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