Palestinian allegedly killed for selling Silwan homes to Jews

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resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan was stabbed to death Thursday evening, with local residents reportedly saying that he was killed in a dispute over selling property to Israeli Jews.

The unnamed man, said to be about 50 years old, was taken to Jerusalem’s al-Maqased Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

According to Silwan residents who spoke to Haaretz, the slain man and his killer were both members of one of the families into whose building seven Israelis recently moved. The argument that prompted the alleged murder had to do with an adjacent apartment block, where units were also sold to Israeli Jews, the report said.

Jerusalem police said the killing was related to a family feud, and on Friday were reportedly poised to arrest a suspect in the killing.



http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-said-killed-for-selling-silwan-homes-to-jews/

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1. Harsh

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3. Where

is the condemnation from those so quick to condemn Israel over causing an Arab death?

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4. Life is cheap when he's killed for the right reason

Or philosophy

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5. East Jerusalem resident murdered, following sale of home to settlers

A resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood Silwan was stabbed to death early on Friday.

Residents of Silwan told Haaretz that the murder was a result of an argument over a stairway among neighbor cousins and not due to a sale of a property to Jewish buyers, as reported earlier. A property next door also belonging to the family was sold to settlers, who moved in last week. "Everything that happened last week raised tensions in the family, which led to murder," a neighbor told Haaretz.

The victim, 50, and according to the accounts of sources in Silwan the murderer too, are members of one of the families, whose home was occupied by young Jewish settlers earlier this week. These new residents are staying in the home temporarily until its permanent residents move in. According to sources in Silwan, the murder is not related to this house but rather to an adjacent home that was also sold to a Jewish buyer but has yet to be occupied.

Since settlers moved into some 25 apartments in the neighborhood overnight earlier this week, the tensions in Silwan have risen markedly. Many of the neighborhood's residents have been pointing angry fingers at their fellow residents for selling their properties to Jewish buyers.


http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.620102