After the murder of the imam in the village of Qara - an unusual appeal from the Hamas leader to Israeli Arabs: Ismail Haniyeh released a video on Saturday in which he condemns the wave of violence in the Arab sector. In the video, he blames the "occupation" for the rising violence and calls for "taking national responsibility."
Haniyeh in a message to Israeli Arabs: The government is responsible for crime in the sector // Arab networks
"We cannot get the Zionist occupation out of this bloodshed and the phenomenon of casual killings," Haniyeh said. "We know his cunning and dangerous role, yet that does not absolve us of the harsh and painful consequences of these murders in occupied Palestine. I call on politicians, intellectuals and our entire people to take national responsibility and preserve the Palestinian social fabric."
The scene of the murder in the village of Qara, photo: None
He also noted that "the series of murders among the Palestinian people has reached respectable people and imams of the mosques and clerics and all sectors of society there." The video comes against the backdrop of a series of murders in the village of Qara, including the murder of the mosque's imam, Sheikh Sami Abd al-Latif.
Earlier today, shots were fired at the imam of the mosque in the village of Qara, Sami Abd al-Latif, near the mosque. Medical officials arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead. This is apparently a response to last night's double murder, in which a 14-year-old boy and his 33-year-old brother-in-law were murdered.
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