Palestinian teen's name added to Israeli memorial, riling families on both sides

posted on: Apr 28, 2015

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has added the name of a Palestinian teen to its “Monument to the Memory of the Victims of Terrorism”, upsetting the youth’s parents and a group representing families of slain Israelis with both demanding his name be removed.

Sixteen-year-old Mohammed Khudair, according to a murder indictment, was burned alive in July in Jerusalem by three Israelis avenging the deaths of three Jewish teenagers killed by Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank a month earlier.

Both incidents drew world attention and Israel, citing a nationalist motive for Khudair’s death, swiftly declared the Palestinian youth a “victim of terrorism”, enabling his family in occupied East Jerusalem to receive Israeli state stipends.

His accused murderers are still on trial, and the case has largely faded from public attention.

Source: news.yahoo.com