Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticeThis is the harshest sentence imposed to date for running over protesters. The judge wrote that the incident also hurts Israel's 'political freedom of expression,' as it could deter people from protesting in the futureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeBar Peleg06:38 PM • June 09 2026 IDTAn Israeli man was sentenced on Tuesday to one year in prison for running over five people in 2024 in a Tel Aviv protest for the release of the hostages. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli judiciary Hamas hostagesCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTrump-NetanyahuLebanonIDF-GazaKarim KhanBank of IsraelHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsraeli Court Sentences Driver Who Ran Over Five Protesters to a Year in PrisonMilitant From Lebanon Killed After Crossing Into Israel, Firing on IDF TroopsNetanyahu Would Rather Be Surrounded by Underqualified Men Than Capable WomenHistoric Victory Fatigue: Netanyahu Rode Too Far on Israel's Appetite for WarU.K., Allies Sanction Israeli Settler Groups in West Bank; France Bars SmotrichRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know AboutOne Killed, Five Wounded in Terror Shooting Rampage in Central IsraelGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartIf the Netanyahu Government Falls, This Will Be the Reason'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza