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Ariel Newman

Exclusive: Prosecution asks High Court to close American hiker death case

New witness gives police mixed testimony.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.
MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

High Court revives homicide case of American hiker Ariel Newman

Ex-Yeshiva director: No one knows why he died, police-prosecution decide

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Exclusive: Israel to reopen case of American hiker’s death a second time after ‘Post’ exposés

The announcement came less than two weeks after the 'Post' revealed that the police had failed to interview two key witnesses even after the case was first reopened in July.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Closure for the Newmans

On September 10, 2014, during a hike in the Judean Desert, Ariel Newman, 18, of Great Neck, New York, collapsed and died.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Will top prosecutor block confrontation of main suspect in US hiker’s death?

The case centers around the unexplained death of Ariel Newman, 18, a student from Great Neck, New York, during a Yeud-run hike in the Judean Desert on September 10, 2014.

NOVEMBER 14, 2017
Mark and Ellen Newman with Ariel at his high-school graduation, a few months before his death