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Serious Crimes Case (Be’er Sheva) 33815-10-23 State of Israel v. Ahmad Abu al-Qi’an - part 85

September 6, 2026
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In the case at hand, our factual determination is that the defendant threatened the deceased with a wash that he would hit him with the Dodge.  Minutes later, the latter called his brother and called him to come with the Dodge.  Upon Karam's arrival, the defendant changed driving and drove towards the deceased's home.  The defendant drove with the vehicle at a speed of about 40 km/h towards the deceased, who in turn tried to flee, without braking at any stage.  The defendant chased the deceased, shifted the steering wheel towards him, ran him over and fled the scene, without offering or calling for help, and even hid the vehicle afterwards.  In these circumstances, a fatal result is a natural result of the defendant's actions.  The ramming by means of an assault weapon as a heavy vehicle is nothing but the realization of the threat.  The defendant is not equal and certainly not frivolous about the consequences of his actions.

Conclusion:

A sequence of direct and circumstantial evidence taught us beyond a reasonable doubt that the deceased's ramming of the deceased by the defendant with the Dodge was not a road accident, as he claimed that it could have been carried out negligently, but rather a deliberate ramming in order to kill his life.  The deceased's run over by the defendant with the Dodge car minutes after he made a threat that he intended to hurt him with the Dodge cannot be considered an unfortunate coincidence, all the more so when the same combination is supplemented by the fact that the defendant does not brake at all before and after the ramming, when his claim of brake failure is found to be false.  He goes on to add to the guilt of a crime, abandoning the defendant at the scene, fleeing the scene and abandoning the vehicle, and only after a few hours was he arrested by chance, when in his interrogation he changed his versions, lied, deceived and drove very far away from the person he claimed had been involved in an inevitable accident.  A person intends the consequences of his actions, and in this case, a person means the content of his threats.  The defendant threatened, and to the dismay of the deceased, he also carried out his threats.

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