Photograph of Smiling Yaakov Teitel (Photo: Yedioth Ahronoth)
On Thursday February 3, 2011 confessed ultra-orthodox Jewish terrorist Yakov Teitel will be back in an Israeli courtroom.
He has confessed to multiple murders and attempted murders, including the building and delivery of a bomb to the home of the Ortiz’s, a Messianic Jewish family in Ariel, Israel.
The hearing on February 3rd is to determine if Teitel is fit to stand trial. His supporters are trying to get him declared ‘mentally insane’. That way, he will bypass a trial and prison and will instead go straight to a psychiatric hospital. Source
RPP asks, if everyone who plants a bomb is mad what are the ramifications for all the other bombers in the Middle East!!!
According to a someone at the trail right now: Teitel’s lawyer is trying to discredit the Dr. who says Teitel IS fit to stand trial.
From the trail:- The dr. said Teitel was sane enough to travel, visit America, get married, have a family not consistent with someone ‘insane’.
Spectator in the court has commented that :
Teitel told the Dr. He must follow ‘what God tells him’ over the laws of man. Teitel says God ordered him to carry out his attacks.
WOW so now God told him to kill people!!!
The doctor says Teitel has problems, who doesn’t! That is not enough reason for him not to stand trail for his murders and maiming.
All murderers have problems, but they gotta stand trail and do time.
I’m following your updates, Gev.
Thanks. Ami Ortiz meets Teitel face to face for the first time ever today, in court.
The psychiatrist who just testified that Teitel is not insane has also testified to Teitel’s relationship with the anti-messianic group Yad L’Achim.
The District’s psychiatrist has made his official diagnosis in court that Teitel is fit to stand trial.