According to the law suit that was signed by the Northern District Lawyer Adit Amir and was given in November 2001, an exam in the Hebrew Language was held at the Anglican School in Nazareth. Abu Elasal arrived to the hall and after a dispute with one of the students, he asked her to leave the hall.

The Student's young brother who was also at the same exam approached the principle and asked him to speak nicely to his sister. As a result, the principle pushed him harshly, throw him from the chair, and continued to beat him.

Few days later, the principle discovered that one of the doors in the school was broken. He assumed that it was intentionally broken by students. He asked all students to go home and to return the following day with their parents. The day after, the students arrived to the school without their parents. The principle entered one of the classes and approached one of the students. He held her face with his hands, and lifted her from her cheeks. Then, he beat her and then pushed her strongly towards the door and told her to leave the classroom.

The advocate requested a prison penalty, on-trail penalty, and a financial compensation. She noticed that these actions need to be seen in a firm way since this person was responsible for the education of these students and this was not a one-time slip.

The defendant has expressed his sorrow for his actions.

Judge Doron Porat said that a physically attacking a kid may cause him severe emotional harm.

"Educators that attempt to educate pupils to respect the other and choose ways different than violence cannot be violent against their own pupils".

The lawyer decided that El-Assal will spend 7 months in jail, 5 months on-trail for three years and two months. The period of jail was delayed until May 13, where an officer will decide if he will do charity works for the public instead of actually spending time in an actual jail.

"Come and See" Editor suggests that taking into consideration that Abu El-Assal is a principle of a school with more than 1000 students that has developed in the last few years may help him do charity work for the public instead of actually going to jail. Abu El-Assal is still principle of the school even though a person who was convicted in court should step aside in these cases.

The judge decided that the principle will sign a financial commitment of 5000 NIS for two years and will pay 500 NIS for each one of the students.