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| Father of Palestinian toddler killed in West Bank arson attack dies | Father of Palestinian toddler killed in West Bank arson attack dies |
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| The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds sustained in the fire. | The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds sustained in the fire. |
| Suspected arsonists torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma, killing his 18-month-old child, Ali, in an act Israel’s prime minister described as terrorism. | Suspected arsonists torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma, killing his 18-month-old child, Ali, in an act Israel’s prime minister described as terrorism. |
| Dawabsheh’s wife, Reham, and his four-year-old son, Ahmed, were seriously injured in the attack. | |
| A spokeswoman for the Israel’s Soroka Medical Center, which was treating Dawabsheh for third-degree burns, confirmed Dawabsheh died on Saturday. | A spokeswoman for the Israel’s Soroka Medical Center, which was treating Dawabsheh for third-degree burns, confirmed Dawabsheh died on Saturday. |
| The family’s small brick-and-cement home in Duma was gutted by fire early on 31 July and a Jewish Star of David spray-painted on a wall along with the words “revenge” and “long live the Messiah”. | The family’s small brick-and-cement home in Duma was gutted by fire early on 31 July and a Jewish Star of David spray-painted on a wall along with the words “revenge” and “long live the Messiah”. |
| The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his security cabinet have come under growing pressure to crack down on violent far-right Jewish groups since the attack, and the government decided to allow harsher interrogations of suspected Jewish militants with methods once reserved for Palestinian detainees. | The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and his security cabinet have come under growing pressure to crack down on violent far-right Jewish groups since the attack, and the government decided to allow harsher interrogations of suspected Jewish militants with methods once reserved for Palestinian detainees. |
| Related: Israel jails suspected Jewish extremist without trial following attacks | Related: Israel jails suspected Jewish extremist without trial following attacks |
| It also said it would start detaining citizens suspected of political violence against Palestinians without a trial, another practice previously used only on Palestinian suspects. | It also said it would start detaining citizens suspected of political violence against Palestinians without a trial, another practice previously used only on Palestinian suspects. |
| Palestinians and Israeli human rights groups say Israeli authorities do little to enforce the law against militant settlers and that the Israeli military has largely failed to protect Palestinians against such attacks. | Palestinians and Israeli human rights groups say Israeli authorities do little to enforce the law against militant settlers and that the Israeli military has largely failed to protect Palestinians against such attacks. |
| Many of the attacks have been part of a “price tag” tactic intended to deter the dismantling of unauthorised settlement outposts that have sprung up on West Bank hilltops over the years. | Many of the attacks have been part of a “price tag” tactic intended to deter the dismantling of unauthorised settlement outposts that have sprung up on West Bank hilltops over the years. |
| A Palestinian official told reporters that before the funeral in Duma, a postmortem would be held to provide evidence for a complaint to the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague. | A Palestinian official told reporters that before the funeral in Duma, a postmortem would be held to provide evidence for a complaint to the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague. |
| On Monday the Palestinians submitted a request to the ICC to probe the firebombing and “settler terrorism”. | On Monday the Palestinians submitted a request to the ICC to probe the firebombing and “settler terrorism”. |
| At a meeting with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday, Arab foreign ministers agreed to call on the United Nations to protect the Palestinians from “terrorist crimes” by Jewish settlers. | At a meeting with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday, Arab foreign ministers agreed to call on the United Nations to protect the Palestinians from “terrorist crimes” by Jewish settlers. |
| Israel this week held an alleged Jewish extremist following the outcry over the attack, who is understood to be Meir Ettinger, grandson of Meir Kahane, a rabbi who founded the anti-Arab movement Kach and was assassinated in 1990 in New York. | |
| Ettinger was arrested in Safed in northern Israel “because of his activities in a Jewish extremist organisation”, a security service spokesman said | Ettinger was arrested in Safed in northern Israel “because of his activities in a Jewish extremist organisation”, a security service spokesman said |
| Police said Ettinger, who is aged around 20, was suspected of “nationalist crimes” but did not accuse him of direct involvement in the firebombing. | Police said Ettinger, who is aged around 20, was suspected of “nationalist crimes” but did not accuse him of direct involvement in the firebombing. |