2 members of the Berland cult indicted for murder
The arrests made in the horrific case of a Haredi teen who was sadistically murdered by members of "rabbi" Eliezer Berland's cult have now led to an indictment against 2 members:
But what's really astonishing is who turned out to be one of the indicted cuprits, whose late father, unlike him, was not Haredi:
Two followers of convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland’s Shuvu Bonim sect were charged on Friday in connection with the 1986 murder of a teen.Again, it's truly horrifying the clan in focus would turn to such evil, and all because a kid wanted to lead heterosexual affairs. Absolutely repulsive.
The two were indicted over the murder of 17-year-old Nissim Shitrit. His body was never found and Friday’s charges were the first made in connection with his death.
One of the suspects charged in the case is the son of a former minister. His name has not been released for publication. The second suspect was Baruch Sharvit, a Shuvu Bonim follower. [...]
“The serious acts attributed to the accused indicate his danger to the public despite the lapse of time since the murder attributed to him,” read the indictment for one of the suspects. “The fact that this is a multi-stage event, a very complex and extremely cruel event which was intended to impose the lifestyles of the defendants on the deceased and the public, establishes a reasonable basis for fear that his release will endanger public safety.”
According to the indictment, Shitrit was suspected by members of the sect of having some form of relationship with a girl, in contravention of the sect’s religious norms, the Ynet news site reported.
The teen was collected from his boarding school in Ashdod by the sect’s “religious police,” in January 1986, four months before he disappeared.
He was driven to Jerusalem and taken to a secluded location, where he was beaten.
Shitrit, who was a volunteer with the police, filed a complaint over the assault, and one of his suspected killers was detained for questioning. That individual fled the country after Shitrit was killed, in an attempt to construct an alibi, Channel 12 news reported.
The report said that Shitrit was lured to his death four months later by a woman connected to the sect who pretended that she wanted to spend the night with him. When Shitrit arrived at the address she gave him, he was beaten by the same group of followers who carried out the first assault.
When the suspects realized the attack was making too much noise, they moved to a second location before burying him outside Jerusalem.
In a documentary broadcast by Kan in 2020, one of Berland’s former disciples said that the “religious police” murdered the boy, dismembered him and buried his body in Eshtaol Forest near Beit Shemesh.
But what's really astonishing is who turned out to be one of the indicted cuprits, whose late father, unlike him, was not Haredi:
The son of former minister Rehavam Ze’evi was named Sunday as one of the two men charged last week in connection with the 1986 murder of a teen linked to convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland’s Shuvu Bonim sect.I have no idea if the allegations against the non-Haredi politician who was murdered 20 years ago are true, but if what's alleged against his son is, it certainly puts a most humiliating stain on his past legacy. This is going to look very disturbing going forward.
[...] The statement additionally said that the “suspicions against Mr. Ze’evi are based on a single testimony of one of the community members (Baruch Sharvit) on the basis of instructions he received from a rabbi at a meeting while detained.”
Known by the nickname “Gandhi,” Rehavam Ze’evi was a politician for the far-right Moledet party. He was shot dead in 2001 by Palestinian gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group at Jerusalem’s Hyatt Hotel. An investigative TV report in 2016 published allegations of rape and intimidation against the former general.
Prosecutors on Friday asked for Binyamin Ze’evi and Sharvit to remain in detention until the end of legal proceedings.
“The serious acts attributed to the accused indicate danger to the public despite the lapse of time since the murder,” read the indictment, published Friday, when Ze’evi was as yet unnamed. “The fact that this is a multi-stage event, a very complex and extremely cruel event, which was intended to impose the lifestyles of the defendants on the deceased and the public, establishes a reasonable basis for fear that his release will endanger public safety.”
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