Israeli prosecutors filed an indictment in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday against the former Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, for inciting terror in remarks praising terrorists.
Sabri, the former Palestinian Authority-appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, was indicted for glorifying Palestinian terrorists Udai Tamimi and Raad Hazam in 2022.
Tamimi, who killed a soldier in October 2022, was later killed when he opened fire on security guards in Maale Adumim. While paying a condolence visit to the Tamimi family, Sabri called on Palestinian youth to join the “family of martyrs,” which he said was “sublime and divine, and to be aspired to.”
Hazam killed three Israelis and injured another six when he opened fire on a crowded restaurant in downtown Tel Aviv in April 2022. He was killed in a shootout after an all-night manhunt, during which residents were instructed to lock their doors and keep away from windows and balconies.
