Stabbing attempt is being investigated as nationalistic crime
A stabbing attempt by a Palestinian teen in Kafr Kassem last week is highly suspected of being a nationalistic crime.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFIsraeli police reinforce regulations outside on Jaffa street on January 06, 2021, during the 3rd lockdown due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)
A stabbing attempt in Kafr Kassem last week is being investigated as a nationalistic crime, all details of the case currently remaining under a gag order by the Petah Tikvah Magistrate Court, Maariv, the sister publication of The Jerusalem Post, reported on Wednesday. A 17-year-old Palestinian man from the West Bank was arrested last Thursday night after threatening an Israeli police officer in Kafr Kassem.After ending her shift, the female police officer walked to her car. Unexpectedly, the young man approached her, asking if she is Arab. When she responded in the negative, he pulled his knife out on her.She then knocked him to the ground, kicking the knife out of his hands in the process.She then was able to call for backup. Her fellow officers arrived, taking the man for investigation.Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) forces were called in to investigate whether the attack was done with nationalistic motives, or whether it was an isolated incident.
