The Israel Police says it will choose the site of funerals for Palestinian terrorists hailing from East Jerusalem.
The decision, announced Wednesday, follows the publication of videos showing funerals for young Palestinians who were killed as they stabbed Israelis, which turned into mass rallies celebrating their actions and calling for new attacks.
In future, funerals will not take place in the deceased attackers’ villages and neighborhoods, police say, but in Muslim cemeteries elsewhere. Police officials will limit participation to close family members.
Last month, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan froze the return of assailants’ bodies to their families after the funeral of one attacker in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber turned into a demonstration in support of his actions.
Two Palestinian families from East Jerusalem are already appealing to the High Court of Justice against the decision.
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