Shmuel Cytryn of Nachliel was ordered on Sunday to give his gun to the police "as a gift" following his conviction for a 2007 incident in which he tried to stop two Arabs who stoned his car and smashed his windshield as he drove with his son Shimshon. Shmuel told Israel National News on Monday that the Arabs tried to run his vehicle off the road and over a steep embankment. The Arabs accused Shmuel of loading his gun and aiming it at them, while he claims he never took the unloaded gun out of its holster.
Cytryn was given a half-year suspended sentence and put on probation for three years. He says he faces charges from incidents in Gush Katif before the Israeli pullout in 2005, and charges could be pending from an incident a week and a half ago when he and another son confronted Arabs who were stealing 50-60 of his 200 sheep. Shmuel says one of the thieves stabbed Meir David with a screwdriver.