A Jerusalem judge ruled Wednesday that Peace Now must pay 58,000 shekels ($14,336) to Aryeh King after slandering him on the left-wing Peace Now website.
The group had claimed that King, a well-known activist for Jewish settlement in eastern Jerusalem, had announced that he planned to break the law by bringing 40 Jewish families to live in an area that lacked building approvals. The site called King a racist and a fascist, and accused him of threatening the peace of Jerusalem and leading to its “Hevronization.”
The judge found that Peace Now’s allegations were false and slanderous, and ordered the group to pay the full penalty required by law.
The group still has the right to appeal the court’s decision, and King’s lawyer, Gili Israeli, said after the ruling that the affair may be far from over.
The group had claimed that King, a well-known activist for Jewish settlement in eastern Jerusalem, had announced that he planned to break the law by bringing 40 Jewish families to live in an area that lacked building approvals. The site called King a racist and a fascist, and accused him of threatening the peace of Jerusalem and leading to its “Hevronization.”
The judge found that Peace Now’s allegations were false and slanderous, and ordered the group to pay the full penalty required by law.
The group still has the right to appeal the court’s decision, and King’s lawyer, Gili Israeli, said after the ruling that the affair may be far from over.