An Israeli Arab youth from northern Israel who spoke out against the kidnapping and later murder of three Israeli teens in June has been forced to leave the country due to threats on his life. In June, the youth posted a video on Facebook in which he condemned the kidnapping of the three yeshiva students Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel, called the kidnappers and their supporters cowards and called for the return of the abducted teens, who at the time were believed to possibly be alive. One of the youth's videos in which he says he is a Muslim but also a loyal citizen to the State of Israel and its democratic values went viral. The attention brought a slew of angry responses from the Arab sector. After a series of threats on his life, including by some family members, the youth was forced to go into hiding. Over the weekend the youth opened a new Facebook page, after taking down the previous page, and wrote in English, "I am an Arab Muslim and proud Zionist." The teen wrote on the page that he was living abroad after having to leave Israel due to threats on his life. "He is a wonderful person who has never done anything bad to anyone," his mother, who supported his move abroad, said. "The treatment he is getting is not fair. The treatment I am also getting, it's as if he killed someone. People turn their back to me and will not speak to me. We don't deserve this kind of treatment."