Following parents' High Court petition, Weinstein rules soldier killed in road accident to be buried like any other fallen soldier

Aviad Glickman
Latest Update: 06.29.10, 11:32 / Israel News

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein decided Tuesday that Israel Defense Forces soldier Yair Sasson, who was killed five days ago in a road accident during desertion from army service, will be buried in a military cemetery.

The soldier's parents petitioned the High Court of Justice against Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who had ordered the army not to bury the soldier in a military cemetery.

The attorney general told the court in a statement that a deserter who had been absent from the army 25 days before his death was still a serviceman and therefore must be buried in a military service by law.

"Justice has been made," the soldier's father, Yaakov Sasson, said in response to Weinstein's statement.

I am sorry for the loss and the pain being felt by this family.

Justice has not been served.