Farm owner Uriya Cohen of the Zafnat outpost remains in police custody 15 days after a herd of sheep was stolen, allegedly by Palestinians from Huwara. The farm says the thieves and rioters from Huwara remain free while Cohen has been held for over two weeks.
Fifteen days after a herd of sheep was stolen from the Zafnat outpost in Samaria, farm owner Uriya Cohen remains in police custody while the perpetrators — allegedly Palestinians from Huwara — have not been arrested, according to a statement from the farm. Cohen has been held for over two weeks pending indictment, while a second farmer, Yakiyr, was released earlier under house arrest after a legal battle by Honenu organization attorneys. As The Zioneer has reported, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and MK Yitzhak Kreuzer have called for Cohen's release, arguing the arrests were mistaken and that the farm owners had coordinated with the military. The farm's claim that thieves roam freely while the Jewish herder remains jailed echoes earlier allegations of biased police enforcement; police have not commented on the ongoing case.
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