The court rejected Ben Khalifa’s claim that the complainant was the first to attack. The verdict states that Ben Khalifa rushed to use force, although at that stage she did not have the justification to do so, and pushed the complainant several times with her body. The indictment against Ben Khalifa claimed that as a result of her actions, the complainant suffered injuries to her neck and behind her ear. The accused pushed the complainant’s brother with her hands on his neck, cursed at the complainant, knocked her to the floor, and tried to grab her hands in an attempt to arrest her. The court determined that after the accused pushed the complainant several times using illegal force, the mother and brother of the complainant tried to intervene, and it is not inconceivable that the complainant herself also pushed Ben Khalifa and resisted arrest. Supporters of former Border Guard officer Orian Ben Khalifa stood outside the Jerusalem court with signs saying, ‘Orian is everyone’s daughter,’ May 2, 2023. Later, Ben Khalifa led the complainant to the police point while holding her hair and neck, and when they arrived at the police point, she shouted at the complainant, strangled her by the neck, and shook her body violently, and a few minutes later she once again strangled her and shook her body.

The Jewish Neighbor by A.M. Khalifa