Prosecutors had wanted the Arab youth to be jailed, but the judge said Israel could not, as he put it, flog Arab ideological felons if it was going to treat their Jewish counterparts more leniently.

• 检控人员希望这名阿拉伯青年被监禁，而这名法官宣称，如果希望对待他们的犹太同僚更加仁慈，以色列不能祛除阿拉伯意识形态上的毒瘤。