Israel to Remove Name of Slain Palestinian Teenager From Memorial

[Jefferson23]

By ISABEL KERSHNER APRIL 21, 2015

JERUSALEM — 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.

snip* He told other Hebrew and Arabic news outlets that he would rather be able to hang a large portrait of his son outside his house in the Shuafat district of East Jerusalem, in territory that Israel captured from Jordan in 1967 and that the Palestinians claim as part of a future state. But he said the Israeli authorities told him he would be fined 2,000 shekels (about $500) a month if he did so.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/world/middleeast/israel-adds-name-of-palestinian-teenager-who-was-abducted-and-killed-to-memorial.html?_r=0

[oberliner]

1. Glad they respected the father's wishes

That was the right move, don't you think?