One can only shake one's head in disbelief when reading this report from Ma'an News Agency:
"Israeli authorities told the family of murder victim Husam Rweidi that his body would not be returned unless they agreed to a set of conditions, relatives said.
Husam Rweidi, 24, was stabbed to death Friday by a mob of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem's city center.
The victim's cousin Firas Baydoun said Israeli authorities stipulated that his burial must take place at midnight, and that a maximum of 10 mourners could attend the funeral.
Baydoun told Ma'an that Rweidi's body was being kept in the mortuary of Israel's Greenberg National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv.
An Israeli central commander said the family could not take Rweidi's body to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for funeral prayers and Islamic rituals, Baydoun said.
"The body must be carried to the Al-Rahma cemetery directly," the commander told the family.
Rweidi's father refused the demands, and the Israeli commander eventually agreed that the funeral could be held at 8 p.m. But the commander insisted the body must not be taken to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The family is considering taking on legal council to challenge the conditions, and to ensure Rweidi is given a decent funeral, Baydoun said."
"Israeli authorities told the family of murder victim Husam Rweidi that his body would not be returned unless they agreed to a set of conditions, relatives said.
Husam Rweidi, 24, was stabbed to death Friday by a mob of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem's city center.
The victim's cousin Firas Baydoun said Israeli authorities stipulated that his burial must take place at midnight, and that a maximum of 10 mourners could attend the funeral.
Baydoun told Ma'an that Rweidi's body was being kept in the mortuary of Israel's Greenberg National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv.
An Israeli central commander said the family could not take Rweidi's body to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for funeral prayers and Islamic rituals, Baydoun said.
"The body must be carried to the Al-Rahma cemetery directly," the commander told the family.
Rweidi's father refused the demands, and the Israeli commander eventually agreed that the funeral could be held at 8 p.m. But the commander insisted the body must not be taken to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The family is considering taking on legal council to challenge the conditions, and to ensure Rweidi is given a decent funeral, Baydoun said."
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