Police have blocked the entrances to Beit Hanina and have stopped light rail service to that area of Jerusalem as hundreds of Palestinians converge on the home of the missing teen who may have been murdered by right wing Jewish extremists in revenge of the three Israeli teen boys kidnapped and murdered on the West Bank last month.
Above: right wing extremists in Jerusalem yesterday carrying a banner that reads "REVENGE"
Last updated 8:12 am CDT
Palestinian Teen Allegedly Kidnapped And Murdered In Jerusalem; Fear Right Wing Jewish Extremists Responsible For Revenge Kidnap-Murder
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The body of Palestinian teenager allegedly kidnapped by Jewish extremists was found just west of Jerusalem early Wednesday, Ha’aretz reported.
The body was charred and showed signs of violence, Ynet reported.
The 16-year-old teen reportedly prayed in a mosque in the Shuafat area of Jerusalem and then went to a supermarket there but was apparently kidnapped outside.
Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino reportedly said "police will not allow anyone to take the law into their own hands" and urged restraint.
It is unclear if the body found found is that of the missing teen and, if the missing teen was kidnapped and murdered, if that kidnap-murder is part of an internecine conflict between feuding Palestinian families or an act of revenge carried out by right wing extremist Jews seeking revenge for the terrorist kidnapping and murder of three Zionist Orthodox teen boys on the West Bank last month. Those boys’ bodies were found this week in a shallow grave near Hebron, and they were buried yesterday, sparking a large anti-Arab riot in Jerusalem that spawned lynch mobs, led to gang assaults on innocent Israeli Arabs, and to the arrests of at least 47 Jews.
However, police received a report Tuesday night that a man was forced onto a vehicle near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina and a missing persons report was also filed by the teen’s family, Ha’aretz reported. The father of the missing child was taken by the police Wednesday morning to identify the body found in a forest west of Jerusalem early this morning.
Hundreds of Palestinians have reportedly gathered at the home of the missing teen in Beit Hanina.
Police have blocked the entrances to Beit Hanina and have stopped light rail service to that area of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Post is reporting Arabs are rioting there in response to the kidnapping and murder of the boy. Ha'aretz reports that Arabs are stoning police and security forces and threw three pipe bombs at them, only one of which detonated. No police or security personnel have been injured, but one Palestinian injured in the clashes was reportedly rushed to a local hospital.
Police have reportedly closed the Temple Mount amid fears of rioting.
In Shuafat, Ha'aretz reports Arabs hurled stones at police, who reportedly answered with live fire, wounding three Arabs.
Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel, a member of the right wing Zionist Orthodox Habayit HaYehudi Party, reportedly condemned the apparent kidnapping and murder of the boy.
"The murder of a young man and burning his body is a disgusting act. I hope police uses all means to find the murderers as quickly as possibly and to bring them to justice," Ariel posted on his Twitter account.
Late Tuesday, another possible attempted retribution kidnapping in Shuafat took place.
A group of people tried to force a 10-year-old boy into their car. Ynet reports the boy was walking down the neighborhood's main street with his mother and sisters. The boy struggled and managed to escape. Police say the attempted kidnapping was not reported to them.
Update 6:56 am CDT – The boy's uncle told Ha'aretz that the car used in the alleged kidnapping came from the direction of the Jewish neighborhood of Pisgav Zev and that eyewitnesses says two or three Jews force the boy into the car.
Family members are also claiming that the boy's father is being held in a police station and hasn't been told anything. He doesn't know whether the boy is dead or alive.
Update 8:12 AM CDT – The uncle of one of Naftali Frenkel, the three murdered Zionist Orthodox teen boys, has spooken out about the murder of the Arab boy, Yent reported.
"If the Arab youth was murdered because of nationalistic motives then this is a horrible and horrendous act. There is no difference between (Arab) blood and (Jewish) blood. Murder is murder. There is no forgiveness or justification for any murder," Yisahi Frenkel said.