Palestinians doubt Israeli narrative of murdered teens
Some Palestinians believe Israel orchestrated the kidnapping and murder of the three settlers to facilitate an assault on the Palestinians.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The disappearance of three settlers on June 12 near the city of Hebron, and the discovery of their murdered bodies on June 30, was extensively analyzed and debated in the Palestinian street concerning the identity of the culprits. Some considered the story a carefully prepared “theater” by Israel, while others saw the operation as evidence that the Palestinian resistance could still carry out operations against Israel in the West Bank.
Those who held the first opinion thought they were proven right by developments in the West Bank. They believe Israel fabricated the operation to attack the West Bank and Gaza and end the reconciliation. The holders of the second opinion said that had Israel planned this, today it would not be almost powerless to control the situation and facing an uprising that is gaining strength.
On July 2, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16, from the town of Shuafat, north Jerusalem, was kidnapped by Israelis, two of whom were settlers, and burned alive. Since then, towns inside the Green Line, Jerusalem and the West Bank have been witnessing daily violent confrontations not seen since the Al-Aqsa intifada, which erupted in 2000.
This debate among the Palestinian has also spread to social media.
