Hebron Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh at right, offering $5 to any resident who kills a stray dog (Screenshot via i24 News)
Following communication from CAMERA’s Israel office, Times of Israel has commendably improved its coverage about Tayseer Abu Sneineh, the Hebron mayor convicted of a deadly terror attack who last week provoked an uproar when he offered a 20 shekel bounty to residents for each slaughtered dog. The Nov. 5 article, “Hebron mayor elicits outrage after offering $5 for anyone who kills a stray dog,” had initially omitted that the 1980 terror attack for which he served jail time was deadly, with six murdered, including Americans and a Canadian, and another 20 wounded.
Abu Sneineh, who has lived much of his life outside of Hebron — in Jordan and in an Israeli prison, for his participation in a 1980 Hebron attack — went on to say in the interview that he had drawn inspiration from Jordan. (Emphasis added.)
A screenshot of the Times of Israel passage before the change
The convicted murderer of six Israelis in a 1980 terror attack was elected to head Hebron’s municipal council on Sunday, as West Bank Palestinians went to local elections. . . .Abu Sneineh was one of four Palestinian terrorists who on May 2, 1980 attacked a group of Israelis and Jews in a Hebron alley, firing and hurling grenades at them. The attack killed US citizens Tzvi Glatt and Eli HaZe’ev, Canadian Shmuel Marmelstein and Israelis Hanan Krauthammer, Gershon Klein and Ya’akov Zimmerman. Another 20 people were injured in the attack.The four terrorists were all sentenced to life in prison, but were released in prisoner exchanges later in the decade.
Abu Sneineh was one of four Palestinian terrorists who on May 2, 1980 attacked a group of Israelis and Jews in a Hebron alley, firing and hurling grenades at them. The attack killed US citizens Tzvi Glatt and Eli HaZe’ev, Canadian Shmuel Marmelstein and Israelis Hanan Krauthammer, Gershon Klein and Ya’akov Zimmerman. Another 20 people were injured in the attack.
The four terrorists were all sentenced to life in prison, but were released in prisoner exchanges later in the decade.
As CAMERA reported yesterday, the mainstream international press, with the notable exception of The New York Post, all but ignored Abu Sneineh’s bounty offer, reportedly walked back in the wake of outrage.