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11 aug 2015
The mother of the Palestinian toddler who was seriously injured in a recent arson attack by Jewish settlers in Nablus is in critical condition, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
The ministry denied in a brief statement on Monday the news reports about the mother's death.
The mother Riham and her four- year-old son Ahmed are still being treated for their wounds at Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, the ministry added.
On July 31, 18-month-old toddler Ali Dawabsheh was killed in an arson attack by Jewish terrorists on his family house in Duma town, southeast of Nablus city; a few days later, his father, Sa'ad, also succumbed to his critical wounds.
President Rivlin disinvited from haredi school
Planned visit canceled after Rivlin's pro-LGBT statement and condemnation of terror attack against Palestinians; school considers president 'unwanted personality', says source.
A haredi school announced on Tuesday that it had rescinded an invitation for President Reuven Rivlin to visit the school next Sunday.
The visit to the Kehilat Ya'akov school in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem was planned to coincide with the beginning of the haredi sector's school year, but on Monday the school sent President Rivlin the message, through the Jerusalem mayor's office, that his visit had been canceled.
Sources in the Jerusalem mayor's office said the decision to cancel President Rivlin's visit was made following his condemnation of the the terrorist attack against the Dawabsheh family and his pro-LGBT words following the murder of Shira Banki at the Jerusalem pride parade.They also claimed that pressure to make the decision came from rabbis.
Last year, during his early days in office, President Rivlin visited schoolchildren at the start of the school year in the city of Beit Shemesh, saying: "I came to Beit Shemesh at the start of the year amid controversy overwhether the year starts at the first of Elul or the first of September, out of an understanding that there is a controversy, but this city is one city, and it's time that these disagreements be smoothed out". A haredi source at the Jerusalem municipality stated that the school canceled President Rivlin's visit because they consider him an unwanted personality.
The president's office said it the statement unfortunate and only hoped the school's lessons on loving thy neighbor would be well-attended.
"I regret the Kehilat Ya'akov school's decision," said Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. "We've been blessed with a president who's rooted in Jerusam, a true friend of the city who is cinstantly working for unity, and we're honored to host him at any place and in any time within the city of Jerusalem.
"The school's choice does not match our duty, especially these days, to educate our children, of every segment in our society to love their neighbor, accept those who are different, be tolerant, and work to promote closeness," said the mayor.
The ministry denied in a brief statement on Monday the news reports about the mother's death.
The mother Riham and her four- year-old son Ahmed are still being treated for their wounds at Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv, the ministry added.
On July 31, 18-month-old toddler Ali Dawabsheh was killed in an arson attack by Jewish terrorists on his family house in Duma town, southeast of Nablus city; a few days later, his father, Sa'ad, also succumbed to his critical wounds.
President Rivlin disinvited from haredi school
Planned visit canceled after Rivlin's pro-LGBT statement and condemnation of terror attack against Palestinians; school considers president 'unwanted personality', says source.
A haredi school announced on Tuesday that it had rescinded an invitation for President Reuven Rivlin to visit the school next Sunday.
The visit to the Kehilat Ya'akov school in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem was planned to coincide with the beginning of the haredi sector's school year, but on Monday the school sent President Rivlin the message, through the Jerusalem mayor's office, that his visit had been canceled.
Sources in the Jerusalem mayor's office said the decision to cancel President Rivlin's visit was made following his condemnation of the the terrorist attack against the Dawabsheh family and his pro-LGBT words following the murder of Shira Banki at the Jerusalem pride parade.They also claimed that pressure to make the decision came from rabbis.
Last year, during his early days in office, President Rivlin visited schoolchildren at the start of the school year in the city of Beit Shemesh, saying: "I came to Beit Shemesh at the start of the year amid controversy overwhether the year starts at the first of Elul or the first of September, out of an understanding that there is a controversy, but this city is one city, and it's time that these disagreements be smoothed out". A haredi source at the Jerusalem municipality stated that the school canceled President Rivlin's visit because they consider him an unwanted personality.
The president's office said it the statement unfortunate and only hoped the school's lessons on loving thy neighbor would be well-attended.
"I regret the Kehilat Ya'akov school's decision," said Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. "We've been blessed with a president who's rooted in Jerusam, a true friend of the city who is cinstantly working for unity, and we're honored to host him at any place and in any time within the city of Jerusalem.
"The school's choice does not match our duty, especially these days, to educate our children, of every segment in our society to love their neighbor, accept those who are different, be tolerant, and work to promote closeness," said the mayor.
10 aug 2015
Israel has released all suspects detained in raids as part of a probe into the firebombing of a Palestinian home which killed an 18-month-old child and his father, Israeli authorities said Monday.
They did not provide the number of those detained in the raids, early Sunday, in Jewish settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, near the Palestinian village of Douma, where the July 31 firebombing occurred.
Outposts in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are notorious for housing young Jewish hardliners, referred to as 'hilltop youth'.
"All those arrested yesterday for interrogation have been released," a spokeswoman for the Shin Bet domestic security agency told AFP, without providing further details.
The raids came as Israel seeks to crack down on Jewish extremists following the firebombing that also critically wounded the toddler's mother and four-year-old brother.
The attack has led to pressure on the government to act against Jewish extremists accused of being behind a series of hate crimes and nationalist attacks, including a stabbing attack at a Gay Pride parade in West Jerusalem, last month, which killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded five people.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled the firebombing "terrorism" and pledged to use all legal means to track down the perpetrators.
However, many Palestinians have pointed out that Israeli government policies -- including support for settlement expansion and frequent impunity for settlers -- allowed for the firebombing to take place.
In addition to Sunday's raids, three alleged Jewish extremists have been placed in a controversial form of detention without trial usually used for Palestinians.
Over 85 percent of investigations into settler violence are closed without indictments, Israeli rights group Yesh Din says.
The 100 or so Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank are not officially recognized by the Israeli government but receive support and assistance from government ministries.
Since occupying the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has built over 125 Jewish-only settlements across the territories with a settler population of over 500,000, in contravention of international law.
They did not provide the number of those detained in the raids, early Sunday, in Jewish settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, near the Palestinian village of Douma, where the July 31 firebombing occurred.
Outposts in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are notorious for housing young Jewish hardliners, referred to as 'hilltop youth'.
"All those arrested yesterday for interrogation have been released," a spokeswoman for the Shin Bet domestic security agency told AFP, without providing further details.
The raids came as Israel seeks to crack down on Jewish extremists following the firebombing that also critically wounded the toddler's mother and four-year-old brother.
The attack has led to pressure on the government to act against Jewish extremists accused of being behind a series of hate crimes and nationalist attacks, including a stabbing attack at a Gay Pride parade in West Jerusalem, last month, which killed a 16-year-old girl and wounded five people.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled the firebombing "terrorism" and pledged to use all legal means to track down the perpetrators.
However, many Palestinians have pointed out that Israeli government policies -- including support for settlement expansion and frequent impunity for settlers -- allowed for the firebombing to take place.
In addition to Sunday's raids, three alleged Jewish extremists have been placed in a controversial form of detention without trial usually used for Palestinians.
Over 85 percent of investigations into settler violence are closed without indictments, Israeli rights group Yesh Din says.
The 100 or so Jewish outposts in the occupied West Bank are not officially recognized by the Israeli government but receive support and assistance from government ministries.
Since occupying the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has built over 125 Jewish-only settlements across the territories with a settler population of over 500,000, in contravention of international law.
9 aug 2015
Google-owned GPS app lists school as 'The Bilingual School - May Their Names be Erased'; principal files police complaint; Waze change listing, ban user responsible.
A mixed Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem filed a complaint with police on Sunday about a threatening comment posted on a Google-owned navigation app, as Israel experiences a rise in hate crimes by far-right Israelis.
"The Bilingual School - May Their Names be Erased," was added, in Hebrew, to the school's location on the map on Waze, a mobile app, widely used in Israel, which uses driver data to help people avoid traffic jams. Waze deleted the words after they were brought to its attention on Sunday. A source at the company said the entry had been made by a user who had had permission to list destinations on the map but had now been banned.
"I have been in touch with the police and I will file a complaint," said Nadia Kinani, principal of the Hand in Hand school, a rare example of co-existence in Jerusalem which was damaged in an arson attack in November. An Israeli court last month jailed two brothers from a far-right Jewish group for two years for that attack, in which a classroom was torched and "Death to Arabs" daubed on a wall in the yard.
With peace talks with the Palestinians stalled since April 2014, Israel is struggling to contain hate crimes that it fears could spark renewed fighting.
In an attack on July 31, suspected Jewish extremists torched a Palestinian home in Duma, a village in the West Bank, killing an 18-month-old child and his father, who died of his injuries on Saturday.
A mixed Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem filed a complaint with police on Sunday about a threatening comment posted on a Google-owned navigation app, as Israel experiences a rise in hate crimes by far-right Israelis.
"The Bilingual School - May Their Names be Erased," was added, in Hebrew, to the school's location on the map on Waze, a mobile app, widely used in Israel, which uses driver data to help people avoid traffic jams. Waze deleted the words after they were brought to its attention on Sunday. A source at the company said the entry had been made by a user who had had permission to list destinations on the map but had now been banned.
"I have been in touch with the police and I will file a complaint," said Nadia Kinani, principal of the Hand in Hand school, a rare example of co-existence in Jerusalem which was damaged in an arson attack in November. An Israeli court last month jailed two brothers from a far-right Jewish group for two years for that attack, in which a classroom was torched and "Death to Arabs" daubed on a wall in the yard.
With peace talks with the Palestinians stalled since April 2014, Israel is struggling to contain hate crimes that it fears could spark renewed fighting.
In an attack on July 31, suspected Jewish extremists torched a Palestinian home in Duma, a village in the West Bank, killing an 18-month-old child and his father, who died of his injuries on Saturday.
Police arrest Meir Ettinger
Shin Bet Israeli security service, with Israeli police, arrested nine settlers Sunday morning, as part of a crackdown on suspected Jewish terrorists, Haaretz said, according to the PNN.
Two West Bank settlers were arrested at the Adei Ad outpost near Douma village where Sa’ad Dawabsha and his baby son Ali were burned to death by Zionist Jewish extremists. Security forces also searched seven houses.
Haaretz added that forces also raided outpost Baladim in the northern West Bank near and arrested seven people.
Following the arson attack, the Israeli police announced they were unable to identify the Douma arson attacker, and asked for help to find leads to the suspect.
However, the Knesset passed an “anti-terrorism” bill which allows six-months administrative detention of the attackers.
Haaretz said that one of those detained is 18-year-old Mordechai Meyer of Ma’aleh Adumim settlement. Meyer was jailed in Rimonim Prison for six months after an administrative detention order was issued against him. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who issued the order, said that Meyer was suspected of involvement in recent violence and terror attacks as part of a Jewish terror group.
Another detainee is Eviatar Slonim, suspected of belonging to an extremist group that sought to harm Arabs and replace the government in Israel with a Jewish kingdom. Slonim had been previously arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Palestinian home in the South Hebron Hills in November 2014.
Last week, Israeli Channel 10 said that security sources have pointed the finger towards an illegal outpost in the eastern Shilo area in the West bank which, according to the sources, have “a history” of hostility with the Palestinian villages in the area.
While the police arrested far-right activist Meir Ettinger, he has not been named as a suspect in the attack, said i24.
Ettinger, whose grandfather Meir Kahane founded the racist anti-Arab movement Kach, was arrested on Monday “because of his activities in a Jewish extremist organization,” a spokesman for the Shin Bet internal security service told AFP.
The court prolonged the incarceration of Meir Ettinger until at least Sunday, judicial sources said.
Police said Ettinger, who is aged around 20, was suspected of “nationalist crimes” but did not accuse him of direct involvement in last week’s firebombing of a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank, in which a toddler was burned to death.
Haaretz additionally reported that Ettinger was linked to last month’s arson attack on the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The church was damaged and two people injured.
The “anti-Jewish-terrorism” process began after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man named Yishai Schlissel, stabbed six people at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride Parade, on July 30, accompanied by terrifying images of the attack, turning heads towards the growing extremism.
In 2005, Schlissel told police that he was planning “to kill in the name of God” and that “such abomination cannot exist in Israel,” reported the BBC. He was later convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 12 years in prison. During that attack, police said that Schlissel dodged in between marchers, stabbing at random until he was pinned down by the police.
Shin Bet Israeli security service, with Israeli police, arrested nine settlers Sunday morning, as part of a crackdown on suspected Jewish terrorists, Haaretz said, according to the PNN.
Two West Bank settlers were arrested at the Adei Ad outpost near Douma village where Sa’ad Dawabsha and his baby son Ali were burned to death by Zionist Jewish extremists. Security forces also searched seven houses.
Haaretz added that forces also raided outpost Baladim in the northern West Bank near and arrested seven people.
Following the arson attack, the Israeli police announced they were unable to identify the Douma arson attacker, and asked for help to find leads to the suspect.
However, the Knesset passed an “anti-terrorism” bill which allows six-months administrative detention of the attackers.
Haaretz said that one of those detained is 18-year-old Mordechai Meyer of Ma’aleh Adumim settlement. Meyer was jailed in Rimonim Prison for six months after an administrative detention order was issued against him. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who issued the order, said that Meyer was suspected of involvement in recent violence and terror attacks as part of a Jewish terror group.
Another detainee is Eviatar Slonim, suspected of belonging to an extremist group that sought to harm Arabs and replace the government in Israel with a Jewish kingdom. Slonim had been previously arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Palestinian home in the South Hebron Hills in November 2014.
Last week, Israeli Channel 10 said that security sources have pointed the finger towards an illegal outpost in the eastern Shilo area in the West bank which, according to the sources, have “a history” of hostility with the Palestinian villages in the area.
While the police arrested far-right activist Meir Ettinger, he has not been named as a suspect in the attack, said i24.
Ettinger, whose grandfather Meir Kahane founded the racist anti-Arab movement Kach, was arrested on Monday “because of his activities in a Jewish extremist organization,” a spokesman for the Shin Bet internal security service told AFP.
The court prolonged the incarceration of Meir Ettinger until at least Sunday, judicial sources said.
Police said Ettinger, who is aged around 20, was suspected of “nationalist crimes” but did not accuse him of direct involvement in last week’s firebombing of a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank, in which a toddler was burned to death.
Haaretz additionally reported that Ettinger was linked to last month’s arson attack on the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The church was damaged and two people injured.
The “anti-Jewish-terrorism” process began after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man named Yishai Schlissel, stabbed six people at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride Parade, on July 30, accompanied by terrifying images of the attack, turning heads towards the growing extremism.
In 2005, Schlissel told police that he was planning “to kill in the name of God” and that “such abomination cannot exist in Israel,” reported the BBC. He was later convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 12 years in prison. During that attack, police said that Schlissel dodged in between marchers, stabbing at random until he was pinned down by the police.
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Police raid West Bank outposts in crackdown on 'hilltop youth,' as part of recent efforts to curb Jewish violence against Palestinians in wake of the deadly arson attack on the Dawabsheh family last month.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon issued on Sunday administrative detention orders for two radical right-wing suspects, Meir Ettinger and Evyatar Slonim. Their remand was scheduled to be extended on Sunday, but following Ya'alon's edict they could remain in custory for up to six months without being brought before a judge. The two, who are in their early 20s, were arrested last week. |
Another suspected Jewish extremist, Mordechai Mayer, was placed under six-month administrative detention last week.
Last week, the Security Cabinet approved the use of harsh measures to combat the trend, including administrative detention, which allows Israel to hold suspects for lengthy periods without charge. The measure has been mainly used against Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorist groups, and rarely against Israelis.
The Shin Bet security agency has accused Ettinger of leading an extremist Jewish movement responsible for encouraging attacks on Palestinian property and Christian holy sites, including an arson attack on a well-known church near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel that marks the New Testament story of the miracle of the loaves and fish.
Adv. Aharon Roza of Honenu said on behalf of his clients that "it is unacceptable that Ettinger and Slonim's administrative detention will substitute their court hearing today. It seems like the judicial process is just a charade." The Defense Ministry said that the decree was issued following the recommendation of Shin Bet security services.
Israeli human rights activists who advocate on behalf of Palestinians, as well as lawyers for the Israeli suspects, criticized the use of administrative detention, portraying it as a draconian measure intended to appease an Israeli public shocked at the firebomb attack.
"It is carried out based on an administrative order only, without indictment or trial, and the detainee cannot defend himself against the allegations as the evidence is classified," a statement by human rights group B'Tselem said.
"This measure is dangerous...for the entire legal system and for democracy," said Aharon Rozeh, a lawyer for Ettinger and Slonim, who said his clients were innocent.
Israeli security forces raided the settlement of Kokhav HaShahar and the surrounding area in the West Bank late Saturday night and made a series of arrests, settlers said Sunday morning.
Israel Police's nationalist crimes unit also operated at the nearby Adei Ad outpost in the Binyamin area in the wake of the arson attack on a Palestinian home in the village of Duma that claimed the lives of a baby, Ali Dawabsheh, and his father, Saed Dawabsheh, and left the 27-year-old mother and her second child, aged 4, in serious condition. A gag order has been imposed on the investigation.
Settlers claimed that some of the search warrants were issued in the middle of last week, while others were issued a week ago. The Shiloah Valley area, which has seen repeated clashes between Jews and Palestinians, is considered a main stomping ground for the so-called hilltop youth, a radical faction of the settler movement.
A statement issued by Honenu, an organization offering legal advice to Jewish hate crime suspects, said that at least 15 "hilltop youths" have been arrested across the Binyamin region and taken for questioning. Some have already been released after being questioned by the Shin Bet.
Defense lawyer Itamar Ben-Gvir said that the arrests are "meant to assuage politicians' anxieties. I hope that next time they'll use a tranquilizer instead of sending police to impinge on people's liberties."
"I only hope that Arab terror will produce a similar public backlash that will lead police to arrest terrorists preemptively," he added.
On Saturday, Saed Dawabsheh, who was injured in the Duma arson attack last month, was laid to rest after succumbing to his wounds. Hundreds attended his funeral, which was followed by clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops. Not a single Palestinian Authority official attended, as opposed to dozens of Hamas operatives who were conspicuously present.
In a statement published following the news of Dawabsheh's death, the Islamic organization said: "Dawabsheh's death highlights the crimes perpetrated by the Zionists. Resistance has become our right, our duty and the only way to defends ourselves in the West Bank. The only way to deter the settlers is to engage proactively against them, rather than wait until they attack our villages and homes. Our people in the West Bank are left with no choice but to launch an all-out attack against Israel, without further ado.
Hamas calls on West Bankers to defend themselves from settlers
The Hamas Movement has urged the Palestinian people in the West Bank to defend themselves and their property against the Jewish settlers' attacks.
In a press release on Saturday, Hamas spokesman Husam Badran said that Palestinian people in the West Bank have the right to resist the occupation and defend themselves in light of their exposure to escalating Israeli violations and attacks.
"The Jewish settlers and murderers who dare attack the Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank can only be deterred by attacking them first instead of waiting until they reach our homes and areas," Badran stated.
"Our people in the West Bank have no choice but to start an open and all-out confrontation with the occupation without waiting for a decision from anyone or getting permission from any party," he added.
He emphasized that the death of Sa'ad Dawabsheh, the father of the toddler who was burned alive, as a result of his serious burn wounds reflected the size of the crime that had been committed by Jewish settlers against a Palestinian family.
Last week, the Security Cabinet approved the use of harsh measures to combat the trend, including administrative detention, which allows Israel to hold suspects for lengthy periods without charge. The measure has been mainly used against Palestinians suspected of involvement in terrorist groups, and rarely against Israelis.
The Shin Bet security agency has accused Ettinger of leading an extremist Jewish movement responsible for encouraging attacks on Palestinian property and Christian holy sites, including an arson attack on a well-known church near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel that marks the New Testament story of the miracle of the loaves and fish.
Adv. Aharon Roza of Honenu said on behalf of his clients that "it is unacceptable that Ettinger and Slonim's administrative detention will substitute their court hearing today. It seems like the judicial process is just a charade." The Defense Ministry said that the decree was issued following the recommendation of Shin Bet security services.
Israeli human rights activists who advocate on behalf of Palestinians, as well as lawyers for the Israeli suspects, criticized the use of administrative detention, portraying it as a draconian measure intended to appease an Israeli public shocked at the firebomb attack.
"It is carried out based on an administrative order only, without indictment or trial, and the detainee cannot defend himself against the allegations as the evidence is classified," a statement by human rights group B'Tselem said.
"This measure is dangerous...for the entire legal system and for democracy," said Aharon Rozeh, a lawyer for Ettinger and Slonim, who said his clients were innocent.
Israeli security forces raided the settlement of Kokhav HaShahar and the surrounding area in the West Bank late Saturday night and made a series of arrests, settlers said Sunday morning.
Israel Police's nationalist crimes unit also operated at the nearby Adei Ad outpost in the Binyamin area in the wake of the arson attack on a Palestinian home in the village of Duma that claimed the lives of a baby, Ali Dawabsheh, and his father, Saed Dawabsheh, and left the 27-year-old mother and her second child, aged 4, in serious condition. A gag order has been imposed on the investigation.
Settlers claimed that some of the search warrants were issued in the middle of last week, while others were issued a week ago. The Shiloah Valley area, which has seen repeated clashes between Jews and Palestinians, is considered a main stomping ground for the so-called hilltop youth, a radical faction of the settler movement.
A statement issued by Honenu, an organization offering legal advice to Jewish hate crime suspects, said that at least 15 "hilltop youths" have been arrested across the Binyamin region and taken for questioning. Some have already been released after being questioned by the Shin Bet.
Defense lawyer Itamar Ben-Gvir said that the arrests are "meant to assuage politicians' anxieties. I hope that next time they'll use a tranquilizer instead of sending police to impinge on people's liberties."
"I only hope that Arab terror will produce a similar public backlash that will lead police to arrest terrorists preemptively," he added.
On Saturday, Saed Dawabsheh, who was injured in the Duma arson attack last month, was laid to rest after succumbing to his wounds. Hundreds attended his funeral, which was followed by clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops. Not a single Palestinian Authority official attended, as opposed to dozens of Hamas operatives who were conspicuously present.
In a statement published following the news of Dawabsheh's death, the Islamic organization said: "Dawabsheh's death highlights the crimes perpetrated by the Zionists. Resistance has become our right, our duty and the only way to defends ourselves in the West Bank. The only way to deter the settlers is to engage proactively against them, rather than wait until they attack our villages and homes. Our people in the West Bank are left with no choice but to launch an all-out attack against Israel, without further ado.
Hamas calls on West Bankers to defend themselves from settlers
The Hamas Movement has urged the Palestinian people in the West Bank to defend themselves and their property against the Jewish settlers' attacks.
In a press release on Saturday, Hamas spokesman Husam Badran said that Palestinian people in the West Bank have the right to resist the occupation and defend themselves in light of their exposure to escalating Israeli violations and attacks.
"The Jewish settlers and murderers who dare attack the Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank can only be deterred by attacking them first instead of waiting until they reach our homes and areas," Badran stated.
"Our people in the West Bank have no choice but to start an open and all-out confrontation with the occupation without waiting for a decision from anyone or getting permission from any party," he added.
He emphasized that the death of Sa'ad Dawabsheh, the father of the toddler who was burned alive, as a result of his serious burn wounds reflected the size of the crime that had been committed by Jewish settlers against a Palestinian family.
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Thousands of Palestinians participated, on Saturday evening, in the funeral procession and ceremony of Sa’ad Dawabsha who died Saturday of serious burns and injuries resulting from the Israeli terrorist attack on his family home, leading to the death of his baby, Ali, ten days ago.
Dawabsha’s body was moved from an Israeli hospital to the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before being sent to his village, Douma, where his funeral and burial ceremonies were held. Thousands of Palestinians gathered while the body of the slain Palestinian was on its way to his village, and then participated in the funeral along with dozens of Palestinian political and security leaders, civil-society figures and Arab members of Israeli Knesset. Ali, the 18-month of age baby, was burnt to death in the terrorist attack on his family home, while his mother Reham, 27 years of age, suffered burns to 90% of her body, and his brother Ahmad, 5 years of age, suffered second-degree burns to 60% of his body. Palestinian Government spokesperson Ehab Bseiso said, "Extremist Israeli colonizers have carried out 11.000 attacks against unarmed Palestinians and their property, including burning and defacing twenty mosques and five churches." Bseiso added, "The Israeli government continues to encourage those crimes by its ongoing incitement, the approval of dozens of thousands of units in its illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, and the escalating destruction of Palestinian homes, lands and even entire villages, such as Susiya village near Hebron. Saad Dawabsheh buried amid calls for revenge |
Thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral of martyr Saad Dawabsheh, 33, who died of his wounds, at dawn on Saturday, due to a terrorist arson attack by Jewish settlers last Friday.
The PIC reporter revealed that the funeral was at noon on Saturday after the martyr’s body was transferred from Soroka Hospital in Negev to a hospital in Nablus for anatomy. The participants chanted for resistance demanding avenging the Dawabsheh’s family and replying Israeli crimes.
The body was carried by Palestinians amid calling on al-Qassam brigades and Saraya al-Quds armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, in addition to
other factions, to avenge Saad and his infant child Ali Dawabsheh who died a week ago.
The Palestinian MP Hassan Yousef told the PIC reporter “the Israeli crimes are continuous and the Palestinian Authority has to stop chasing resistant people and has to go to the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israel for its crimes”.
Martyr Saad along with his wife and two children was burned alive at dawn on Friday while sleeping at their home at the hands of fanatic settlers in Doma town in Nablus governorate.
The 18-month-old child, Ali, died and the other members were injured severely suffering burns of the third degree. The father Saad died on Saturday, while the mother and the other son are still at hospital.
The PIC reporter revealed that the funeral was at noon on Saturday after the martyr’s body was transferred from Soroka Hospital in Negev to a hospital in Nablus for anatomy. The participants chanted for resistance demanding avenging the Dawabsheh’s family and replying Israeli crimes.
The body was carried by Palestinians amid calling on al-Qassam brigades and Saraya al-Quds armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, in addition to
other factions, to avenge Saad and his infant child Ali Dawabsheh who died a week ago.
The Palestinian MP Hassan Yousef told the PIC reporter “the Israeli crimes are continuous and the Palestinian Authority has to stop chasing resistant people and has to go to the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israel for its crimes”.
Martyr Saad along with his wife and two children was burned alive at dawn on Friday while sleeping at their home at the hands of fanatic settlers in Doma town in Nablus governorate.
The 18-month-old child, Ali, died and the other members were injured severely suffering burns of the third degree. The father Saad died on Saturday, while the mother and the other son are still at hospital.
