Why mercy for 2 Israeli coke dealers and no mercy for Kiwi who hit IDF soldier?

Wait, WHAT???

Israeli men jailed over Auckland cocaine smuggling plot get discount for October 7 Hamas attack

Two Israeli men who acted as “foot soldiers” in a New Zealand drug-smuggling operation have been granted sentence discounts for the impacts of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

Roy Etan, 31, and Itay Senyor, 37, appeared for sentencing this week in Auckland District Court.

“It was never about the money or the financial gain that the Crown promotes,” their lawyer Ron Mansfield KC said of their offending.

“It was really more the ability to escape the realities of what they were going through.”

The pair had earlier each pleaded guilty to possessing a Class A drug, namely cocaine, for supply.

NZ Herald

 

Ok, before I start, let me be clear.

I’m all for mercy in our justice system. My default setting is forgiveness because you can’t preach justice if it’s just revenge.

If these guys imported cocaine for supply because October 7th brought them down, so be it.

That’s not my beef here.

I’m just a tad confused why these Israeli Cocaine Importers were shown mercy but a punch up in a Christchurch Pub between a local Kiwi and a member of the IDF resulted in a 2 and a half year jail sentence!

John Minto’s exclusive on the manifestly unjust sentence handed out to a Kiwi bloke who had a punch up with the IDF asks big questions of Israeli influence over our judicial system and who does and doesn’t get mercy.

Any one else convicted of a punch up in a pub would not be facing two and a half years in prison!

Let’s be very clear, I am not endorsing violence.

No matter the provocation and outrageous behaviour of the IDF, you can’t start fights in pubs.

It was unacceptable of  this guy to have started a fight, he had to be punished, but punishment for a first offence assault in a pub is usually a fine with community service, it sure as Christ isn’t two years and four months inside prison!

The coke dealers got mercy, why doesn’t the Kiwi? This is our justice system for crying out loud, why aren’t we giving mercy in one and not the other?

You can’t throw a Kiwi inside jail for 2 and half years for punching a member of the IDF!

Ironically this is a disproportionate Israeli  level response!