Father Of Slain Palestinian Teen Calls On Israel To Demolish Murderers' Homes

[Purveyor]

The father of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teen who was kidnapped and burnt alive by Jewish extremists in 2014, has demanded that the Israeli government demolish the family homes of his son’s murderers and remove their Israeli citizenship, following their sentencing on Thursday.

In a phone call with Newsweek from Jerusalem, Hussein Abu Khdeir condemned the sentence handed down to two of the three killers as too lenient. Jerusalem District Court sentenced the first killer, 17, to a life sentence for helping to pour the gasoline on 16-year-old Khdeir before he was set on fire, plus another three-year sentence, and ordered him to pay $8,946 in reparations to two Palestinian families.

The court sentenced the second killer, aged 16, to 21 years in prison for assisting in Khdeir’s murder. Both minors, neither was identified by the court. The court has not yet sentenced the third suspect, 31-year-old Yosef Ben-David, as they take time to consider his defense’s claim that he was not responsible for his actions because of mental illness.

“It’s like they burnt Mohammed again,” says his father in reaction to the sentencing. “It’s too light of a sentence for the people who burnt him alive. A [Palestinian] kid throws a rock, he will get that same sentence.”

He continues: “They kidnapped him, burned him alive and [the court] gives him this sentence. This is not fair, it is not justice. Next week, we are going to ask the [Israeli authorities] to demolish their homes and take away their Israeli IDs.”

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[atreides1]

1. Seems fair

Isn't that what Israeli authorities do to Palestinians?

[King_David]

3. So your in favor of home demolitions for terrorists?

Interesting.

[aranthus]

6. No it's not.

It's equally unfair treatment. That's a different thing from being fair. House demolitions should stop. I do applaud the man for saying this however, precisely because it calls attention to how unfair it is to destroy the houses of Palestinians.

[katsy]

2. These sentences are just IMO.

I'm sorry for this man's loss. But in no way are the sentences rendered on these criminals lenient.

Just sad.

[King_David]

4. Interesting to see who's in favor of home demolitions all of a sudden,

Only because they are Jewish homes I guess.

Not in the least surprising.

[Jefferson23]

5. More circles of endless retribution. These practices should END. n/t

[azurnoir]

7. when the situation is reversed a Palestinian killer and a Jewish victim the entire family

their home is demolished as an example to other Palestinians

[Little Tich]

8. Yet another example of Israeli Apartheid.

While I think it's wrong to demolish houses of terrorists, it's a clear example of Apartheid when the houses of Palestinian terrorists are demolished and the houses of Jewish terrorists are allowed to stand.

The Israeli justice system is racist to the core.