‘Alleged Otniel killer influenced by Palestinian TV’

The Palestinian teenager who is accused of stabbing Israeli mother-of-six Dafna Meir to death last week was influenced by Palestinian TV, the Shin Bet national security agency says.

Prior to carrying out the deadly attack, the 15-year-old suspect watched “Palestinian television broadcasts, which portrayed Israel as ‘killing young Palestinians,'” it says.

“The difficult results of the attack indicate, once again, the severity of the threat of wild incitement against the State of Israel and the Jews on Palestinian media, which influences lone attackers to murder and carry out serious terror attacks,” the agency says.

Dafna Meir, left, with her husband Natan Meir in an undated picture posted on Facebook. (Screen capture: Facebook)
Dafna Meir, left, with her husband Natan Meir in an undated picture posted on Facebook. (screen capture: Facebook)

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