Israel court delays hearing for UN worker

AFP, BEERSHEBA, Israel: An Israeli court on Sunday postponed a hearing for a UN worker accused of aiding the Islamist movement Hamas after a dispute over whether he should be immune from prosecution.
Waheed Borsh, wearing a brown prisoner’s uniform, appeared briefly in court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
His lawyer Lea Tsemel said the 38-year-old was innocent and that they had requested more time to be able to prove it. Borsh declined comment when approached by AFP.
The hearing was rescheduled for September 29.
The engineer from Jabaliya in northern Gaza who worked for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) was arrested on July 16.
He was accused by Israel of being recruited by a Hamas member to “redirect his work for UNDP to serve Hamas’s military interests”.

 

Israel court delays hearing for UN worker

AFP, BEERSHEBA, Israel: An Israeli court on Sunday postponed a hearing for a UN worker accused of aiding the Islamist movement Hamas after a dispute over whether he should be immune from prosecution. Waheed Borsh, wearing a brown prisoners uniform, appeared briefly in court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. His lawyer Lea Tsemel said the 38-year-old was innocent and that they had requested more time to be able to prove it. Borsh declined comment when approached by AFP. The hearing was rescheduled for September 29. The engineer from Jabaliya in northern Gaza who worked for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) was arrested on July 16. He was accused by Israel of being recruited by a Hamas member to redirect his work for UNDP to serve Hamass military interests.