The National Court of the Israel Bar Association upheld the reduction of attorney Asala Abu Khdeir's disbarment from permanent to two years, rejecting a further appeal. Abu Khdeir celebrated the October 7 massacre and denied the atrocities. The watchdog group B'Tzalam called the original reduction "a disgrace," as earlier reported.
The National Court of the Israel Bar Association has upheld the reduced sanction against attorney Asala Abu Khdeir, rejecting an appeal against the two-year suspension. As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the court had on appeal reduced the original permanent disbarment to two years, citing a precedent where a license was revoked for only one year in a similar case. Abu Khdeir, a resident of Shuafat, wrote on October 7 that she "feels like she's in a dream" with heart emojis, and later claimed "no one was raped." She continued to deny the atrocities before the court. The watchdog organization B'Tzalam, which worked to suspend her license earlier, called the decision "a disgrace." The current ruling upholds the two-year suspension, with no further appeal mentioned.
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