Akram Rajoub, a Palestinian Authority official and former governor of Shechem and Jenin, said the shooting attack near the village of Tel that killed two IDF soldiers was a 'natural response.' He invoked the principle 'If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.' Rajoub is a cousin of senior PA figure Jibril Rajoub.
A Palestinian Authority official has publicly justified the deadly shooting attack near the village of Tel that claimed the lives of two IDF soldiers. Akram Rajoub, a former governor of both Shechem and Jenin and a cousin of senior PA figure Jibril Rajoub, described the attack as a 'natural response' and invoked the Talmudic principle 'If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.'
The attack, which occurred earlier this week, has drawn widespread condemnation from Israeli officials. The Zioneer previously reported on calls by some Israeli figures to demolish the village of Tel in response, as well as former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon's controversial characterization of the attack as 'friction and Jewish terrorism.' Rajoub's statement, reported by the Abu Ali Express outlet, highlights the continued incitement from within the Palestinian Authority, which Israel has long accused of glorifying terrorism.
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