PA seeks to name West Bank street after terrorist who killed 2 Jews in Jerusalem

Municipality where terrorist lived on Ramallah outskirts took decision “in order to honor" perpetrator of terror attack.

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Updated: OCTOBER 29, 2015 01:15
Security forces respond to stabbing in Jerusalem (photo credit: ISAAC FRYE/ NEWS 24)
Security forces respond to stabbing in Jerusalem
(photo credit: ISAAC FRYE/ NEWS 24)
The Palestinian Authority decided this week to name a street after Muhannad Halabi, the 19-year-old who murdered two Jews in the Old City of Jerusalem at the beginning of this month.
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Palestinian Media Watch reported that the municipality where the terrorist lived on the outskirts of Ramallah took the decision “in order to honor Halabi, who carried out a stabbing and shooting operation against settlers in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.”
Halabi murdered Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Benita, and wounded Benita’s wife, Adele, and their two-year-old son in the October 3 attack. He was shot dead by policemen who rushed to the scene.
“This is the least we can do for Martyr Halabi,” Muhammed Hussein, mayor of Surda-Abu Qash, said of the glorification of the terrorist.
He said the naming of the street after Halabi was “intended to emphasize the national role played by Palestinian municipalities.”