Canadian JDL member indicted for allegedly beating a Palestinian in D.C. [Video]

A Canadian member of the Jewish Defence League (JDL) has been indicted by a U.S. grand jury on assault charges that include the beating of a Palestinian-American man.

Toronto-area resident Yosef Steynovitz, 33, faces three assault-related charges stemming from brawls that took place in Washington, D.C., last March, at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference.

Steynovitz faces one count of assaulting a man with a dangerous weapon (a pole) and one count of assaulting another man.

The third count, assault with significant bodily injury, relates to the beating of Kamal Nayfeh, a 55-year-old Palestinian-American community college teacher who was reportedly walking to the conference when the attack happened.

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The prosecution alleges that Steynovitz was armed with “dangerous and deadly weapons” – a shoe and a pole – when the alleged beating took place.

The indictment alleges that …