Relatives of murdered Dawabsha family doubt Israel justice
Relatives of the Palestinian family that fell victim to an arson attack by Israeli settlers earlier this year have cast doubt on Tel Aviv’s claims of working to bring the culprits to justice.
Rahib Zeti, the grandmother of the 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha, who was killed along his parents in the arson attack, said Friday that she has no trust in recent claims by Israeli intelligence that several suspects have been arrested in the case.
“I want to hope that this is true,” said the 65-year-old Zeti, adding that Israelis will do nothing to the alleged suspects even if they are arrested as claimed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On July 31, a large fire broke out at the victims’ home when Israeli settlers threw firebombs and Molotov cocktails into the house in the town of Duma, located 25 kilometers (15 miles) southeast of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The fire killed an 18-month-old baby boy, Ali, on the spot. Ali’s mother, Riham and her husband, Saad, were severely injured in the arson attack and both died later in hospital.
Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security service said on Thursday that a number of settlers have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a “terror organization and carrying out terror attacks.”
However, Mohammed Dawabsha, Saad’s grandfather, was quite doubtful that anything could happen.
“They are liars,” said the 68-year-old, citing similar cases in which settlers have been tried for abducting and setting ablaze Palestinians, with a final court ruling pending psychiatric evaluation.
On Friday, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s public security minister, said it would be very difficult to gather hard evidence against the suspects.
“… these (suspects) are not people who go around with mobile telephones … they are people who really live in the hills, disconnected from their close families,” he said.
The incident sparked angry reactions from Palestinians, including political and resistance groups. Residents of Duma say they still fear attacks by settlers and they do not feel safe.
Israeli settlers have in recent years carried out various attacks, including arson assaults, on Palestinian property in the West Bank and al-Quds (Jerusalem).
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