Israeli Arabs celebrate the release of a terrorist who castrated and gouged out the eyes of a soldier

On August 6th, 1984, 19 year old soldier Moshe Tamam was hitchhiking home for a weekend leave to spend time with his family in Netanya. He first visited his girlfriend in Tiberias, and then took the bus towards Tel Aviv. At the Beit Leed Junction he got off and hitched a ride with four Israeli-Arabs from Baka El Garbiya.

These Israeli Arabs were members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine who had been tasked with kidnapping an Israeli soldier to smuggle to Syria for a prisoner exchange.

For two days, Moshe Tamam was held in a house on the outskirts of Baka El Garbiya.  When the terrorists realized that they could not get him across the border into Syria, they decided to kill him.

First they gouged out Moshe’s eyes, and then they mutilated him by cutting off parts of his body starting with his sexual organs. Finally, they shot him in the chest, and dumped his body in an olive grove near Jenin.  Moshe’s mutilated body was discovered on August 10th. The DFLP immediately claimed responsibility for the heinous murder.

One of the murderers, Rushdi Abu Mokh, was just released from prison.

He is being treated as a hero by hundreds of his fellow Arabs - in an Israeli town. 

These are Israeli citizens celebrating someone who castrated, blinded and murdered a 19 year old IDF soldier.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa has a glowing tribute to Abu Mokh as well. 

According to Arutz Sheva, the reason his life sentence was commuted to 35 years was because Shimon Peres made a deal with the Arab parties for them to support him becoming president.

(h/t T Moran)

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