Israel Police officers were dispatched to a street in the Abu Tor neighborhood on Wednesday morning to remove stickers that had been affixed to street signs glorifying the Palestinian terrorist who murdered Levana Malihi and Border Police Sgt. 1st Class Yossi Kirma in October 2016. "We will not allow any attempt and/or intent to glorify terrorists in public spaces, and we will act harshly against anyone involved in doing so," the Israel Police said in a statement. Israel Hayom reported Tuesday that signs on Hamefaked Street in Abu Tor had been covered by stickers bearing the image of Masabah Abu Sabih, who carried out the attack that claimed the lives of Malihi and Kirma. The Arabic caption to the picture called him a shahid (martyr) and a hero. A green Hamas flag appeared in the background. The signs sparked public outrage. In addition to the vandalized signs, a number of walls in the neighborhood were effaced with racist Palestinian graffiti. The Jerusalem Municipality said that it "condemns any expressions praising terrorists who murdered Jews" and said it would take steps to see that the signs were taken down. Meir Indor, chairman of the Almagor Terror Victims Association said, "Almagor thanks the Israel Police and the Jerusalem Municipality for their immediate response in removing the signs inciting to terrorism in Abu Tor, which praised a terrorist who murdered two Jews. The speed with which the incident was addressed following the report in Israel Hayom and the complaint [filed] by Almagor, shows that the Arab neighborhoods in east Jerusalem are changing their attitude. "Anyone thinking of handing those neighborhoods over to Palestinian control should imagine how many centers of incitement and billboards in favor of terrorists would spread through them in the absence of constant care. If there were no Israeli presence in those neighborhoods that border the Arab areas, a few Palestinian youths would be lured into terrorism because of the signs, and more Jewish casualties would be laid to rest," Indor said. Hamefaked (Commander) Street is named after the late Lt. Col. Michael Pikes, commander of the Jerusalem Battalion who fell in battle in Abu Tor during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Terrorist's picture removed from vandalized Jerusalem street signs
After Israel Hayom reports that signs in Abu Tor neighborhood commemorating fallen IDF commander were covered with stickers calling terrorist who killed two Israelis in 2016 a "hero," Israel Police rush to remove them • Terror victims' group lauds police.
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