Palestinian wedding singer arrested for song praising Halamish attacker

Israel has arrested a Palestinian wedding singer after he performed a song about a terrorist who fatally stabbed three people in the settlement of Halamish, the Palestinian Prisoners Club says.

The singer was among four Palestinians arrested early Wednesday, three of whom perform in a band together, a spokeswoman says.

The army confirmed it arrested one person in Beit Rima, one in Kafr Ein and another in Kobar, the hometown of stabber Omar al-Abed.

Palestinian media says the band, led by singer Mohammed al-Barghouti, had been singing about Abed, who stabbed to death three members of the Solomon family last month.

A video of the band performing the song, which praises Abed, has been posted on social media.

“Hey you, who asks about real men, you will find them in Kobar… Omar al-Abed is an earthquake who took revenge on behalf of Al-Aqsa… he came from above the mountains carrying a knife on his side, and when he announced the clash, he made the Zionists lie on the ground… even if they detain my mother and my father, and demolish our home, we will never wear clothes of disgrace,” the lyrics read, according to the Ma’an news agency.

— with Judah Ari Gross and AFP