The Temple Mount. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

New York Times – The Israeli authorities said late Tuesday that the name of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian teenager from East Jerusalem who was abducted, beaten and burned to death by three Israelis last summer, would be removed from the state’s memorial to victims of hostile acts at the request of his father.

The youth’s name was added to the memorial in advance of Israel’s Memorial Day for its war dead and victims of terrorism, observed Tuesday evening and Wednesday. But the step drew strong criticism from the youth’s father, Hussein Abu Khdeir, who said he had not been consulted and learned of it for the first time from news reports Tuesday morning.

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