The arson that Meir is connected to took place in June, when fire caused extensive damage to the Church of Loaves on Fishes in northern Israel.
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The severely burned father of a Palestinian toddler who was killed in an arson attack died of his wounds early Saturday, and thousands of Palestinians came to bury him in this West Bank village gripped by grief, anger, and fear.
In the aftermath of the attack, Netanyahu said he was shocked and had ordered Israel’s security forces to “use all means at their disposal to apprehend the murderers and bring them to justice”.
“Saad Dawabsha died and plans are underway for his funeral”, Daghlas said.
The explosion occurred as the Abu Naqeira family began clearing out their home, which was a target during the conflict with Israel last summer, and has now been reduced to ruins, according to the New York Times.
The PFA has accused Israel of hampering its activities and restricting the movement of players between the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The military declined to comment on the condition of the three victims of the attack, or that of the Palestinian driver.
A Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Thursday, wounding three before he was shot by Israeli troops, the military said.
The government has decided to allow harsher interrogation practices on the Jewish suspects, which were once exclusively reserved for Palestinian detainees. Palestinians want the two territories to be part of a future independent state, together with East Jerusalem. His remains were transferred to his parents’ home outside of Nablus. “Of course it’s horrific, but from a national security point of view, unless they do something really shocking that would escalate the situation with the Palestinians and with the rest of the world, they are not as risky as their predecessors”, he said.
The Palestinians on Monday submitted a request to the ICC to probe the firebombing and “settler terrorism”.
At a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday, Arab foreign ministers agreed to call on the United Nations to protect the Palestinians from “terrorist crimes” by Jewish settlers.
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“In administrative detention, you don’t even know what you’re charged with, let alone [having] the opportunity to mount an effective defense”, Michaeli said.
