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Palestinian Authority Calls Tel Aviv Pub Killer ‘Precious Martyr Whose Pure Blood Waters Our Free Land’
by Ruthie Blum
January 10, 2016

Raked over the coals for removing the name of the Tel Aviv pub killer from its official list of “martyrs,” the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry issued a statement stressing Nashat Melhem’s heroism, Palestinian Affairs expert Khaled Abu Toameh told The Algemeiner on Sunday. Abu Toameh was the first to tweet in English about Melhem’s initially becoming number 150 on the PA Health Ministry’s regular updates of the number and identity of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces during the current surge in violence. Melhem was killed on Friday afternoon in a gun battle with Israeli special forces following a week-long manhunt for the Wadi Ara resident who killed three Israelis — two Jews at a pub and an Arab taxi driver. READ MORE