Frankel Family on Murdered Arab Youth: We all Bleed the Same (VIDEO)
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Rachel Frankel (in light green), mother of 16-year-old kidnap victim Naftali Frankel. Photo: UN Watch / Screenshot.
Arabs in east Jerusalem rioted and clashed with police in several locations on Wednesday in the wake of the early-morning discovery of the burned body of an 16-year-old Arab youth in a Jerusalem forest.
Mohammed Abu Khader, 17, was a resident of the city’s northern Shuafat neighborhood.
While much media speculation suggested the killing was a Jewish revenge attack “We still don’t know whether it’s a nationalistic or criminal murder,” Israel Police Spokesman Rosenfeld said.
The violence comes a day after slain Israeli teens Naftali Frankel, Eyal Yifrach, and Gilad Shaar were laid to rest together on Tuesday, at a emotional funeral attended by thousands of Israelis.
The Frankel family expressed shock and horror over the death of the Arab youth, in a statement released to the press.
“We don’t know what happened last night in east Jerusalem, and the police are investigating. However, if, in fact, an Arab youth was killed for nationalistic reasons, then we’re talking about an awful and shocking deed,” the statement read.
“There is no difference between blood and blood,” according to the statement, which was published in Israel’s Ma’ariv daily. “Murder is murder, whatever the nationality and age. There is no justification, nor forgiving, and no atonement for any murder.”
“Police forensics teams are examining the body in the forest to search for evidence of who may have done this,” Rosenfeld told reporters.
Some speculated on Facebook that the youth may have been killed for impugning family honor, reportedly due to sexual preferences, or over intra-family rivalries.
A retired local police official familiar with the family in question told Israel National News that “it’s a problematic family with internal clashes that have been ongoing for many years.
“I have no doubt that as time passes it will be clarified that the murder was criminal and nothing more,” he said.
The youth’s family called police when an eyewitness reported seeing several individuals force the youth into a vehicle near adjacent Beit Hanina, while on his way to morning prayers at a local mosque.
Later in the day, rioters hurled several pipe bombs, fire bombs and stones at police, Israel Radio said; rioters also torched ticket machines at at least two light rail stops which pass through the neighborhood.
CityPass, which operates the system, cut train service to the affected area.
An Israeli photographer was hit by a rubber bullet in the clashes. Downtown, police arrested an Arab who reportedly attacked a light rail security officer.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch to get to the bottom of the killing, asking that “law-enforcement elements work as quickly as possible in order to investigate who is behind the reprehensible murder and what the motive was.”
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat also “strongly” condemned the murder, terming it “a horrible and barbaric act.”
“This is not our way and I am fully confident that our security forces will bring the perpetrators to justice,” Barkat said, and called on all sides “to exercise restraint.”
Palestinian Authority Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina, on Wednesday directly blamed Israel for the Palestinian youth’s death.
“Israel is fully responsible for the killing of the teenager and we demand that the perpetrators be found and held accountable,” he said.
View video of Arab rioters in eastern Jerusalem below:
10:32 pm
Unnecessary violence that has no meaning
3:36 am
The Death of anyone’s Child is a death too much! Innocence has been truly lost and clearly, Israel is losing the propaganda War? The Jews cannot fight a War against antisemitism and World opinion! Diplomacy will leave Israel further stranded with Allies shrinking away!
7:04 am
Okay, Abbas. When you turn over the killers of the three Israeli teens, then you can make demands concerning the teen killed near Jerusalem. I believe the first, and larger crime was committed by your people, and you have done not thing one to bring those killers to justice. I have no doubt that you know where they are, and will do what you can prevent them from facing justice. After all, weren’t you part of the festivities?
9:22 am
In reference to the rockets hitting Israeli territory from Gaza or any other place: I am very surprised that Israel with all her innovations has not deviced a way or
a device to “BOOMERANG” the rockets aimed at her and send
them back to the sender. Won’t that be great! The Iron
Dome is only good for one rocket falling at a time. When
there is a barrage of rockets falling all at once Iron Dome does not seem to work.
8:24 am
HILLARY = OBAM 3, and 4
President Obama’S foreign policy has turned into a complete disaster.
Video of Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg SAYS: President Obama, You Have Some Nerve:.
Video is on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8c795KymA
Another holocaust is possible. If it happened once it can happen again. Thank G-d we have Israel. We need to do everything possible to keep Israel militarily strong. Jews get out of Europe. There can be no compromise regarding Israel nor can we depend on the good will of others. This unfortunately is a lesson that many Jews have never learned.
10:02 pm
What difference in the responses to the murders. The arabs crow and hide the murderers of the jewish boys, Israel condemns the murder of the arab boy and pulls out all the stops to find out what happened. I am filled with admiration for Israel.
9:33 pm
The murder of an Arab youth is a terrible thing. If the murder was a hate crime done for nationalist reasons or an “honor killing” against a gay youth by his own family either way it an unforgivable act. The PA is certainly not helping matters by blaming Israel for this terrible murder and thereby encouraging more bloodshed. Their attitude is typical of the way the PA spreads hate and encourages more violence. As a Jew and a gay man and a human being, I am horrified that such things as “honor killings” against gay men continue where Islam holds sway. If this brutal murder was an anti- Arab murder, it was a hate crime just like the kidnapping and murder of the three Jewish boys.
10:53 am
I hope you understand the vast difference between a nationalist “revenge killing” and an intra-Arab killing based on whatever. A “revenge killing” is against everything Israel stands for and must be condemned unequivocally.
If this turns out to be intra-Arab killing, whether because of sexual orientation, other matter of “honor”, or simply criminal the use of it by the PA to attack Israel and to excuse its very different response to an obvious nationalist killing of the three boys says about all anyone really needs to know to understand why peace with the Palestinians is basically not possible.
8:44 pm
I respect the Frankel’ s pain and suffering. Which much BE beyond measure. HOWEVER THEY AND EVERYOME SHOULD REMEMBER THE WORDS LOG WINSTON CHURVHILL:”Islam in a man is as dangerous as rabies in a dog.”…The blood of a human is much more valuable than the blood of a rabid dog.
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8:08 pm
I do NOT believe that the Arab teen was murdered by the Israelis. I think that this a very convenient ploy made up by the Palestinians to blame Israel for the same type of atrocity that the Arabs do. Time will tell who killed
that Arab teen.