Report: Palestinian Convert To Judaism Arrested, Tortured In Hebron By PA Forces

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Head of Palestinian national security forces in Hebron Brig. Gen. Hazem Abu Hanood and head of the Palestinian police Brig. Gen. Ahmad Abu Rob talk to residents during a visit to the Old City in Hebron on July 31, 2018 (Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

JERUSALEM (JNS) — A 50-year-old Palestinian man who recently converted to Judaism was arbitrarily arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces two weeks ago and is still in custody, according to a Ynet report. The man claims to have been tortured by P.A. forces.

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The man, a Hebron resident, was arrested on the eve of Yom Kippur while on a visit to a West Bank area under P.A. control to meet one of his nine children, who along with their mother are Muslims. He was dragged into a waiting vehicle by four men and then taken to a Hebron police station, where he was arrested, according to the report.

Various sources indicate, according to Ynet, that the man’s brother had filed a police complaint regarding an alleged assault several months ago; however, the man denies these allegations, claiming his brothers beat him and told him that he was not entitled to his share of the family inheritance due to his conversion.

As the man is a resident of the P.A., Israel’s Civil Administration has so far been unable to assist him, according to the report, though Hebron Jewish community leader Haim Perg is attempting to help him.

According to Perg, the man’s grandfather helped save 26 Jews during the 1929 Hebron massacre.

“As far as I’m concerned, he’s like my son, and I will shake up the world for somebody to come and save him,” Perg is quoted as saying.

According to Ynet, the man converted to Judaism on the eve of Rosh Hashanah last month through Rabbi Nissim Karelitz, who passed away on Monday, at a rabbinical court in Bnei Brak. He previously studied at Machon Meir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, an institution of religious learning associated with the Jewish settler movement.

Once the Chief Rabbinate of Israel recognizes the man’s conversion, he will be allowed to apply for an Israeli passport.


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Menachem
Menachem
4 years ago

So why are you calling him a Palestinian Man. He is 100% a Jew. Ex-Palestinian.
He is a Jew just like you and I.
May hashem have pity on him. May he be saved before it’s too late.

Rabbi Kolakowski
Rabbi Kolakowski
4 years ago

the evil of the Rabbanut with their politics is the opposite of the mitzvah of v’ahavtem es hager – none of this would be happening if not for the Rabbanut preferring politicians over gedolim

Hesh
Hesh
4 years ago

The evil is the secular Israeli government. They are rebelling against the Torah big time. Well if Trump loses and the Democrats cut off aid to Israel maybe they will wake up

Nachum
Nachum
4 years ago

Hesh- Why should Israel, after 70 years still be dependent upon the USA, for aid? Why can’t it stand on its own two feet? IN 1984, Shimon Peres stated to CNN “there will come a day when we won’t need a penny from the United States”. We are still waiting for that day.

Michuel
Michuel
4 years ago

There’s an easy solution. He marries a Jewish woman, she separates from him and asks the Rabbinate for a divorce, they will get jurisdiction over him and force home into their teritory. He’ll be saved.

Nachum
Nachum
4 years ago

To: New Yorker- If Israel does not need our aid, as you stated, then they should politely decline it. We maintain friendships with other countries, which we don’t give any foreign aid to. EY should stand on its own two feet, after seventy one years.