Abused Women's Rights: Palestinian Arab vs. Israeli Arab
Israel Intervenes to Capture PA Killer
by Maayana Miskin
Israeli forces entered territory policed by the Palestinian Authority this week in order to arrest a PA man accused of murdering his wife, an Israeli citizen. Israeli forces usually enter areas policed by the PA only to conduct counterterrorism operations, and leave fighting crime to the PA.
The detainee, whose name has not been released, lived with his wife Nadra Samara Badran in the PA-controlled city of Shechem until two months ago, when Nadra fled from her husband to her hometown, the Israeli Arab city of Tira.
Nadra, 29 years old and a mother to four, filed a complaint against her husband with Israeli police, accusing him of violently attacking her. Since the husband is not an Israeli citizen, police transferred the complaint to PA Police and asked them to restrain the husband.
The complaint was ineffective: On October 29, just over a month after Nadra escaped her husband, he managed to infiltrate Tira, where he found his wife working in a flower shop. He entered the shop and shot her, then fled the scene. Nadra died of her wounds before reaching a hospital.
The murderer fled to a small village near Shechem, where he was caught and arrested by PA Police. However, PA officers decided to release the killer shortly afterward without pressing charges.
Upon learning that the killer had been released, Israeli police decided to take matters into their own hands. Police officers worked with the IDF to locate the man, and conducted an undercover arrest operation on Wednesday night.
This time the killer was not handed over to PA police, and instead was taken to a police station in Ramle. Police will ask the Ramle Magistrates Court to extend the man's remand until trial.
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by Maayana Miskin
Israeli forces entered territory policed by the Palestinian Authority this week in order to arrest a PA man accused of murdering his wife, an Israeli citizen. Israeli forces usually enter areas policed by the PA only to conduct counterterrorism operations, and leave fighting crime to the PA.
The detainee, whose name has not been released, lived with his wife Nadra Samara Badran in the PA-controlled city of Shechem until two months ago, when Nadra fled from her husband to her hometown, the Israeli Arab city of Tira.
Nadra, 29 years old and a mother to four, filed a complaint against her husband with Israeli police, accusing him of violently attacking her. Since the husband is not an Israeli citizen, police transferred the complaint to PA Police and asked them to restrain the husband.
The complaint was ineffective: On October 29, just over a month after Nadra escaped her husband, he managed to infiltrate Tira, where he found his wife working in a flower shop. He entered the shop and shot her, then fled the scene. Nadra died of her wounds before reaching a hospital.
The murderer fled to a small village near Shechem, where he was caught and arrested by PA Police. However, PA officers decided to release the killer shortly afterward without pressing charges.
Upon learning that the killer had been released, Israeli police decided to take matters into their own hands. Police officers worked with the IDF to locate the man, and conducted an undercover arrest operation on Wednesday night.
This time the killer was not handed over to PA police, and instead was taken to a police station in Ramle. Police will ask the Ramle Magistrates Court to extend the man's remand until trial.
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