The hearing of Lt. Col. Isar Beeri, who is held responsible for ordering the summary execution of Meyer Tobiansky, which was scheduled to begin in Ramleh this week has been postponed for a week. The postponement will give the court time to consider Beeri’s plea that he be summoned before a military tribunal since he was an Israeli Army officer at the time he played a role in ordering the execution of Tobiansky.
The execution of Tobiansky was termed a “tragic mistake” by Premier David Ben Gurion several weeks ago when it was revealed, following a prolonged investigation, that the execution of the late Haganah member on charges that he supplied information to the British for the use of Arab artillery units outside Jerusalem was erroneous. The executed man was entirely absolved and was recently reburied in a military cemetery with full honors.
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