Liberman says orphaned Dawabsha boy ineligible for compensation

Israel will not pay terror victims’ compensation to Ahmed Dawabsha, whose parents and brother were killed in a 2015 arson attack carried out on their home by Jewish extremists, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman tells a Knesset member in an official correspondence on the issue.

Writing to Joint (Arab) List MK Yousef Jabareen in response to a question as to why Dawabsha has not yet received money from the state, Liberman says the six-year-old does not qualify to be considered a “terror victim” and will therefore not receive compensation.

The current law stipulates that the state must compensate Israeli citizens affected by terrorism, but does not apply to Palestinians “who are not citizens or residents of Israel,” Liberman writes.

“We have not found in our records a specific request [to receive compensation despite not being considered a terror victim],” the letter adds.

— Raoul Wootliff