Shuafat, Jerusalem – Jewish men and women gathered at the mourners tent of the 16-year-old Palestinian boy killed last week allegedly as a revenge murder by Jewish extremists.
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Muhammad Abu Khdeir was murdered last week after three Israeli teenage boys were found dead after being abducted by members of Hamas. After the weeks of death and loss, Jews offered their condolences at to the Khdeir family on Tuesday reports The Times of Israel (http://bit.ly/1tljJeG).
They wondered, “What do we say?” questioning whether there is an Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew Hamakom Yenahem (May the Divine give comfort), typically said after a visit to a Jewish house of mourning.
The Abu Khdeir family welcomed Jewish visitors, part of the Israeli grassroots group Tag Meir, an organization created to combat Jewish hate crime. Seven buses came from downtown Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as part of the group.
Moshe Simchovitch, a 69-year-old Jerusalem resident, paid for Abu Khdeir’s obituary in Al-Quds, an Arabic daily paper. His words were read at the mourners’ tent.
Rabbi Yossi Slotnik came to Shuafat despite the danger of travel due to terrorist attacks, driven to travel past the danger and push it aside, “because it’s so important to come.”
Six Israelis are being held for the killing of Abu Khdeir, and some have confessed according to police.
did they also go when they murdered the 3 boys and young girl to their families??
Kol hakovod to these Israelis for showing the world the true meaning of respect for life and hatred of terrorism without regard to victim’s nationality. Hopefully, the six animals who burned this innocent neshama alive will be quickly tried, and if found guilty as charged, will have to spend the rest of their lives in prison so that this never happens again.
That is beautiful! I wonder if any palestinians came to the shiva of our boys???
Unfortunately Hamas is leaving Israel little choice but to wipe it out of existence. If the USA decides then to help Israel, and Russia, Iran and Hezbollah help the y”sh, that could be gog umagog
Really nice and perhaps a Kiddush Hashem.
However,does any arab come to the Jewish tents of Mourning ?
I recall years ago,King Hussein of Jordan (father of the current king)
came to Israel to be menachem avel and even sat on the ground with the family of the victim /s then.
To set the record straight – some Palestinians celebrated and yet there was a delegation of local Muslim neighbors who came to the Frankel shiva and were amazed that they were received graciously by Rachel Frankel.
how would u send a condolence/sympathy card to a tent?
You are all soooo naive! This was nothing more than a diplomatic move in order to try and make the best out of what these 6 idiots did! Had this atrocious murder been commited by Arabs, I am not sure how many Israelis would have made this ‘shiva call’….
Kol Hakavod!!
The good news, as you put it, is that you got everything wrong. In 12 years, you will be telling the same lies about Israel that you do today. The only difference will be that you will deny, or won’t remember, that you said it today.
the worst part of the kidnapping (they died oll kidush HaShem) is that jewish kids committed this horrible crime. their chilul HaShem is great. but I willnever forgive the arabs for turning our children into murderers. obviously, they think that killing ‘infidels’ is a gre?at thing to do so why are they upset when we followed in their footsteps
To the arabs, this showmanship is a sign of weakness and will use it to their fullest advantage against You, Israel.
And this is precisely why we will never win.
While I absolutely do not condone the killing, all the soul searching we display in public will only only bring scorn. We have no business “consoling” them .There is only one thing our enemies understand and respect and that STRENGTH.