Palestinians nix Ramallah celebration for freed terrorist Zubeidi after Israeli warnings

Plans for a large celebration in Ramallah for the recently released Palestinian prisoner Zakaria Zubeidi have been canceled after Israeli authorities warned Palestinian officials against it.

Officers from the Civil Administration “conveyed an unequivocal message according to which the IDF will show zero tolerance toward the planned event, and that any gathering in honor of Zubeidi will be dispersed quickly and aggressively,” Israeli defense sources say.

As a result, Palestinian officials canceled the event, the sources add.

Zubeidi, who organized dozens of attacks during the Second Intifada while heading the al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades in Jenin, has not yet returned to his hometown in the northern West Bank, as the IDF is carrying out a counterterrorism operation there.