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As clashes and riots break out over the death of another Palestinian teen shot by Israel police, authorities order the family of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, who was burned alive this summer, to dismantle their memorial.
Israel Police on Sunday threatened to destroy a memorial for murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was burned alive by several Israeli Jews on July 2. Mohammed’s father, Hussein, said police instructed him to dismantle it or they would, according to Tamar Fleishman, an Israeli activist who met with the Abu Khdeir family on Sunday.
Hussein reportedly told police that if they destroyed the memorial the entire family would return in the middle of the night and build a larger one in the middle of the street of their Shuafat neighborhood, on the tracks of the light rail. +972 requested comment from the Jerusalem police who replied that it is a municipal matter, so inquiry has been deferred to them.
It has been just over two months since Abu Khdeir was kidnapped and burned alive. Since then, Palestinian residents of the area have been protesting and rioting in the biggest display of opposition to Israeli occupation in Jerusalem since the Second Intifada.
And Israel border policeman outside the Abu Khdeir home in Shuafat, East Jerusalem Sept. 7, 2014 (Photo: Tamar Fleishman)
Israeli authorities have beefed up police presence and have been detaining large numbers of Palestinians on a nightly basis. According to the Addammeer prisoner rights group, over 770 Palestinian Jerusalemites were arrested in July and August, including roughly a dozen members of the Abu Kheir family. (Muhammed’s American cousin, Tarek, was famously filmed being severely beaten by Israeli police.) In addition, East Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Silwan and Issawiya have beenregularly closed off by Jerusalem police effectively barring residents from entering and exiting freely.
The timing of the police threat is poor, to say the least. On Sunday yet another Palestinian teenager, Mohammed Sunuqrut from Wadi Joz, a neighborhood just north of the Old City, died of wounds sustained when he was shot by Israel police at a protest last week. While Sunuqruut’s family alleges he was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet at close range, Jerusalem police claim he was shot in the leg with a sponge-tipped bullet, fell and hit his head. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
Palestinians throw stones at Israeli policemen during a protest following the death of a Palestinian teenager, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, September 7, 2014. Mohammed Sunuqrut, 16, was wounded by police gunfire in the Wadi Joz neighborhood on August 31 and died from injuries on September 7. (Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)
After his death was confirmed Sunday, riots intensified in East Jerusalem, with protesters reportedly throwing rocks and firebombs and riot police responding with rubber bullets. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat condemned the rioting and called for an even more heavy handed response.
Just a few days ago, the Jerusalem Local Building and Planning Committee approved 2,200 housing units for Palestinians in the Arav al-Swahara neighborhood of East Jerusalem. While this is considered a victory over the right-wing forces on the committee who had tried to block the move, Barkat’s comment made clear how he sees Jerusalem’s future: “The planning of neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem by the municipality is a clear expression of Israeli sovereignty over all parts of the city and strengthens the unity of Jerusalem.”
Police threaten to destroy memorial for slain Palestinian teen, Mohammed Abu Khdeir | +972 Magazine
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Reminder: The memorial for Jewish terrorist Baruch Goldstein has been up for years (pic below). In contrast, the memorial for this child, a victim of terror, will not last 3 months, for the one reason his murderers were Jews. -- RFS
Israel Police on Sunday threatened to destroy a memorial for murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was burned alive by several Israeli Jews on July 2. Mohammed’s father, Hussein, said police instructed him to dismantle it or they would, according to Tamar Fleishman, an Israeli activist who met with the Abu Khdeir family on Sunday.
Hussein reportedly told police that if they destroyed the memorial the entire family would return in the middle of the night and build a larger one in the middle of the street of their Shuafat neighborhood, on the tracks of the light rail. +972 requested comment from the Jerusalem police who replied that it is a municipal matter, so inquiry has been deferred to them.
It has been just over two months since Abu Khdeir was kidnapped and burned alive. Since then, Palestinian residents of the area have been protesting and rioting in the biggest display of opposition to Israeli occupation in Jerusalem since the Second Intifada.
And Israel border policeman outside the Abu Khdeir home in Shuafat, East Jerusalem Sept. 7, 2014 (Photo: Tamar Fleishman)
Israeli authorities have beefed up police presence and have been detaining large numbers of Palestinians on a nightly basis. According to the Addammeer prisoner rights group, over 770 Palestinian Jerusalemites were arrested in July and August, including roughly a dozen members of the Abu Kheir family. (Muhammed’s American cousin, Tarek, was famously filmed being severely beaten by Israeli police.) In addition, East Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Silwan and Issawiya have beenregularly closed off by Jerusalem police effectively barring residents from entering and exiting freely.
The timing of the police threat is poor, to say the least. On Sunday yet another Palestinian teenager, Mohammed Sunuqrut from Wadi Joz, a neighborhood just north of the Old City, died of wounds sustained when he was shot by Israel police at a protest last week. While Sunuqruut’s family alleges he was shot in the head with a rubber-coated bullet at close range, Jerusalem police claim he was shot in the leg with a sponge-tipped bullet, fell and hit his head. An autopsy was scheduled for Monday.
Palestinians throw stones at Israeli policemen during a protest following the death of a Palestinian teenager, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz, September 7, 2014. Mohammed Sunuqrut, 16, was wounded by police gunfire in the Wadi Joz neighborhood on August 31 and died from injuries on September 7. (Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)
After his death was confirmed Sunday, riots intensified in East Jerusalem, with protesters reportedly throwing rocks and firebombs and riot police responding with rubber bullets. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat condemned the rioting and called for an even more heavy handed response.
Just a few days ago, the Jerusalem Local Building and Planning Committee approved 2,200 housing units for Palestinians in the Arav al-Swahara neighborhood of East Jerusalem. While this is considered a victory over the right-wing forces on the committee who had tried to block the move, Barkat’s comment made clear how he sees Jerusalem’s future: “The planning of neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem by the municipality is a clear expression of Israeli sovereignty over all parts of the city and strengthens the unity of Jerusalem.”
Police threaten to destroy memorial for slain Palestinian teen, Mohammed Abu Khdeir | +972 Magazine
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Reminder: The memorial for Jewish terrorist Baruch Goldstein has been up for years (pic below). In contrast, the memorial for this child, a victim of terror, will not last 3 months, for the one reason his murderers were Jews. -- RFS
