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Minister: Israel Will No Longer Release Terrorists' Remains

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JERUSALEM, Israel – Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said bodies of Arabs killed during terror attacks against Israelis will not be released to their families.

The decision follows a funeral Monday evening in Jabel Mukaber, an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem, for Alaa abu Jamal, killed by a security guard after running down passengers at a bus stop and then attacking his victims with a meat cleaver, killing Yishayahu Kirshavski, 60.

Jamal's family petitioned Israel's High Court for Jamal's remains, agreeing not to allow the funeral to be used as a rallying call for more attacks.

But a YNet video released Monday evening shows demonstrators proclaiming his martyrdom and promising to avenge his death.

Interestingly, Jamal's relatives carried out the bloody massacre at a synagogue in Jerusalem's Har Nof neighborhood, hacking four Jewish men to death as they prayed.   

Erdan responded to the incitement on social media, saying the family violated its commitment and lied to the High Court.

Meanwhile, Hamas announced the resumption of public executions. Earlier this week, the terror group's attorney general called for the executions to take place before large crowds.

Under Palestinian Authority law, P.A. Chairman Mahmoud Abbas must sign off on executions. But Hamas, which took control of the Gaza Strip nearly a decade ago, sets its own policy.

In New York, U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov urged Hamas to reverse its decision and called on Abbas to implement a moratorium against the death penalty, citing international law limiting the death penalty to the most serious crimes and only after a trial and appeals process that adheres to fair standards.

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