Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan asks police to consider charging
Arabs who declined to help Adele Bennett after knifing
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA 5 October 2015

Minister of Internal Security GIlad Erdan - Facebook page 5 October 2015:

This evening I visited, along with the Prime Minister...Adele Bennett who
was wounded with her baby in the attack in the Old City and lost her husband
Aaron who was murdered...

Following Adele's shocking testimony about the behavior of the storekeepers
and passersby who saw a woman in the Old City with a knife in the neck
crying out for help and instead of helping her behaved like animals -
laughed at her, beat and spat on, I asked the police to urgently consider
initiate criminal proceedings against them for failure to prevent a crime.

The Law: Good Samaritan Law, 1998 - Published 30 June 1998
1. (a) It is an obligation of a person to aid a person in front of him, due
to a sudden, severe and immediate danger to his life, to his bodily
integrity or to his health, when the person nearby can help, without risking
or endanger himself.

(b) Someone who notifies the authorities or alerts another person who can
provide the assistance required, is deemed to have helped for the purposes
of this Act; In this section, "authorities" - the Israel Police, Magen David
Adom and firefighting service.

2. (a) The provisions of Section 5 of the Unjust Enrichment Law, 1979, shall
also apply when the qualifying person operated under his obligation under
Section 1.

(c) The court may require the person causing the danger that the aided
person encountered, including the aided person himself if he caused this
danger, to indemnify those who assisted in accordance with their obligation
under the provisions of Article 1 for reasonable expenses and disbursements
incurred.

3. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 (a), there is nothing in the
provisions of this Act that shall derogate from the provisions of the law.

4. A person who contravenes the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, shall
be liable to a fine.

5. The Minister of Justice is responsible for implementation of this law.

6. The commencement of this law is at the conclusion of 90 days from its
publication.

Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister
Tzachi Hanegbi Minister of Justice
Ezer Weizman President
Dan Tichon Speaker of the Knesset