Palestinian Authority Blames Israel For Death In Jail Of Terrorist With Cancer

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Eitam and Naama Henkin were killed in a West Bank shooting. (Courtesy of the Henkin family)

Jerusalem – The Palestinian Authority blamed Israel for the death of a Palestinian terrorist held in an Israeli jail for a shooting attack on a West Bank road that killed a Jewish couple in front of their four children.

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Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, who had cancer, died Sunday in an Israeli hospital.

Sayeh planned and funded the October 2015 shooting attack near Itamar that killed Rabbi Eitam Henkin, an American citizen, and his wife, Naama. Four of their six young children were in the car at the time of the attack. Sayeh, who was affiliated with the terrorist group Hamas, was arrested and jailed days after the attack.

Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization and chief peace negotiator with Israel, .was one of several Palestinian Authority officials to take to social media to blame Israel for the death. He called Sayeh a martyr

“We hold the Israeli government fully responsible and call upon the International Criminal Court to begin an immediate investigation,” he said in a tweet. “Israeli officials must be held accountable.”

Sayeh has had cancer since 2011 and also was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013, according to the Wafa Palestinian news agency.

A spokesman for the Palestinian Authorities’ Prisoners’ Commission, Hasan Abed Rabbo, told Wafa that other Palestinian prisoners refused to accept their meals on Monday morning and that they would observe three days of mourning for Sayeh.

The commission reportedly will demand that Israel release Sayeh’s body for burial in his hometown of Nablus in the West Bank.

(JTA/Marcy Oster)


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TheConsultant
TheConsultant
4 years ago

He should have been executed as should all terrorists, one shot to the back of the head.
As per the new Supreme Court ruling keep the body until they return the ones they are holding.

lazy-boy
lazy-boy
4 years ago

just goes to prove that all the medical help that Israel gives to the Arabs, taking very ill people from the PA terrortories or from Gaza or Syria and bringing them back to health is a waste. They hate us and will use any and all means to justify killing us….

Was
Was
4 years ago

Thank Gd it looks like Educated Archy’s curses are starting to work!

Just Sayin
Just Sayin
4 years ago

Just give him one of those evil vaccines, that should do the trick.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
4 years ago

And before anyone accuses me of being as bloodthirsty and evil as the Palestinians, know this: I consider myself human, but I don’t consider Palestinians human!

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
4 years ago

Any society who encourages the masses to savagely kill and slaughter others is an inhuman society. Therefore, we wish upon beasts like them cancer & ALS.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
4 years ago

Including the babies and young children.

Judith
Judith
4 years ago

I hope he was denied pain meds and died suffering

Nachum
Nachum
4 years ago

This article reminds me of what occurred during the Yom Kippur War. The Syrian POW’s to their astonishment were treated very humanely by the Israelis, for the five months, that they were held. They even discussed among themselves how well they were treated,vis-a-vis medical care, food, etc. . However, when they returned to Syria, they were warned by the Syrian authorities, that if they dared open their mouths, and reveal to anyone how well that they were treated by the Israelis, they would be severely dealt with.

anonymous
anonymous
4 years ago

a terrorist dies? nebach, NOT !