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Man who attacked Jerusalem nun acquitted due to mental illness, hospitalized for up to six years

The court said Schreiber was not criminally responsible after the nun required medical treatment, amid 155 reported anti-Christian incidents in 2025, researchers said.

Summary by Jerusalem Post
The ruling means that Shreiber cannot be held criminally responsible for the attack because of his mental condition at the time.

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Today, Wednesday, an Israeli court acquitted an Israeli settler whose assault on a French nun in Jerusalem had been documented, after accepting a medical report alleging that he was in a state of psychosis at the time of the incident and was not criminally responsible for his actions. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said that the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, after accepting the opinion of a competent psychiatrist that he was in a state of ps…

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An Israeli court acquitted an Israeli who had seized Palestinian land and attacked a French nun in Jerusalem, ruling that he was "in a psychological state and therefore not criminally responsible" at the time of the incident.

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Jerusalem Post broke the news in Jerusalem, Israel on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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