Three Black Panther leaders were fined $240 each by a magistrate’s court today and put on three years’ probation for behavior likely to incite to riot during Panther demonstrations in Jerusalem last Aug. The three, Eli Abigezer, 22, Charlie Bitton, 23, and Saadia Marciano, 22, were given three month suspended sentences to be activated at any time during the next three years if they commit a similar offense. The three Panthers were charged with assaulting police officers, disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly. Magistrate Eliezer Goldberg conceded that the defendants had left the scene of the riot before the police officers were assaulted but maintained that their conduct had contributed directly to the riotous behavior of their followers.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
