\r\n\tIsraeli police announced on Wednesday that slain anti-occupation activists from the occupied al-Quds (‘Jerusalem’) would no longer have funerals in their neighborhoods or villages, but would instead be buried in cemeteries chosen by the police, Israeli news agency Ynet reported.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tThe decision came following the funerals of Alaa Abu Jamal, 22, and Jama Hassan Manasra, 15, on May 24 after their bodies were held for over 7 months following two separate attacks they carried out in October.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tPrior to the funerals, Israeli authorities stipulated that no more than 40 people be allowed to attend, and that the families of Manasra and Abu Jamal pay deposits of $5,176.65 and $10,353.30 respectively to ensure compliance with Israeli conditions.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tHowever, a crowd gathered outside of Abu Jamal’s funeral, chanting Allahu Akbar, a phrase used regularly during Muslim funerals, as well as “with our souls, with our blood, we redeem you, martyr,” a variation on a popular Arabic political slogan.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tFollowing reports on the funeral, Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan ordered a freeze on returning the bodies of the Palestinian activists to their families pending investigation into the incident, adding that new conditions could be imposed to ensure funerals would not contain what he regarded as “incitement” against Israel.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\tThe new decision means that Israeli police will decide the location of the funeral, in order to ensure full Israeli control over the attendees and the processions.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-06-09 17:37:57","content_date_finish":"2016-06-09 17:37:57","content_date_register":"2016-06-09 17:37:57","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"127159","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2419216500","attach_date_register":"2016-06-09 17:38:01","attach_id":"134574","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"780","attach_img_height":"520","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"196","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 16:55:24","attach_title":"Israel sets new conditions for delivering martyr bodies","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]