The sentence IS rediculously light. Had he been trialed by the civilian court, this would have been greatly more severe.
Like Nahum Korman's?
Korman was the security officer for a settlement near Bethlem. In the morning, some Palestinian children had thrown stones at settler's cars.
Korman drove to a nearby village, grabbed an 11 year old child he thought had been involved, knocked him to the ground, stood on his neck, and hit him on the head with the but of his pistol. The boy suffered a fractured skull and his spinal cord was broken. He died the next day in hospital. Korman got 6 months community service.
That was in 1996.
Between the 19th December 1987 and 18th March 2001, Israeli settlers killed 119 Palestinians in the occupied territories.
In six cases, the police did not bother to investigate.
In 39 cases, the investigation was closed with no action.
22 cases resulted in conviction
Six were murder, seven manslaughter, seven negligence, two "firing in a public area", illegal possesion of a weapon, and endangering people on a highway.
4 of the 5 convicted of murder had their sentences reduced or pardons from the president or parole board.
One of those was Yoram Skolnick, who shot dead a Palestinian who was tied up on the ground. Sentenced to life, he was released after 7.5 years.
(In total, the muder convictions were:
Life imprisonment;
Life imprisonment, reduced to 13 years' imprisonment;
Life imprisonment, reduced to 15 years' imprisonment, later reduced to 11.25 years’ imprisonment. The Prisons Service decided to release him after 7.5 years, and the High Court of Justice approved the early release.
Fifteen years' imprisonment, reduced to 12 years' imprisonment, and then to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Sixteen years' imprisonment, reduced to 13 years’ imprisonment.
Sentence has not yet been imposed.
The longest sentence for murdering a Palestinian was 13 years)
5 of those convicted of manslaughter got less than 4 years, one got 7.5 years, one got 6 months community service.
5 of those convicted of causing death by negligence got community service, one got 5 months, one 18 months.
In the same period, Palestinians killed 114 Israeli settlers (read that again, in 14 years, which included the whole of the first intifada and the first 8 months of the second, Israeli settlers killed more Palestinian civilians than Palestinians killed Israel settlers)
Every case was investigated
In 10 case the case was closed
32 people were convicted, 30 for murder, 1 as an accomplice to murder.
17 suspects were killed by the IDF, 2 during the incidents, 15 afterwards
12 houses were demolished, 2 sealed, 8 partially sealed.
None of the convicted were pardoned or had sentences reduced, most are likely to be held in "administrative detention" after their sentences are up.
