Nadav Rapaport, middleeasteye.net

Nine of the 10 Israeli settlers arrested on suspicion of attacking a Washington Post photojournalist and European diplomats over the weekend have been released from custody, Haaretz reported on Wednesday.

A Jerusalem District Court released five suspects on Wednesday, while police released another. Three others had been released on the day of their arrest on Monday, according to the report.

The court found that police had presented evidence linking the suspects to the attacks. However, the judge said the incident took place “in the midst of a much larger event of massive stone-throwing” by Palestinians.

Four of the suspects, all settlers from the occupied West Bank, were released by the court despite police requests to extend their detention.

Claire's Observations:  Released to brutally beat and potentially kill more journalists, I see.  

And if in fact the incident took place "in the midst of a much larger event of massive stone throwing by Palestinians", where, please, is the evidence to support this?

There are few places on this planet more hazardous to the health of  journalists, than are Gaza and the West Bank, courtesy of that self-proclaimed "Only democracy in the Middle East."