"We send our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family," wrote Mayor Umm al-Fahm Samir Subhi to the families of the terrorists. Shaked said in response that "it is inconceivable that a municipality in the State of Israel would comfort families of terrorists." After a short time he placed the responsibility on his PR team, "took responsibility" - and resigned
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked today (Thursday) ordered the mayor of Umm al-Fahm, Samir Subhi, to remove a Facebook post in which he comforted the families of the terrorists who carried out the attack in Hadera. Following the demand the post was removed, and a few hours later Subhi announced his resignation. "Takes responsibility for the post," he said here 11. However, less than two hours later, he withdrew from the resignation notice.
"Comfort is a must," wrote Mayor Samir Subhi in a post. "On my behalf and on behalf of the members and staff of Umm al - Fahm and the people of the city, we send our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Yosef Rushdie following the deaths of Ayman Agbaria and Ibrahim Agbaria. Allah have mercy on them and forgive them,
In response, Shaked said that "it is inconceivable that a municipality in the State of Israel would comfort families of terrorists. This is a serious and shameful post and it is good that it has been deleted. The interior minister will continue to show zero tolerance for supporting terrorism on social networks and in general."
First, the mayor removed responsibility for publishing the post. "A mistake by the public relations office and the spokesperson for the municipality," he said. "We thought it was right to issue a condolence statement like all the people who died in Umm al-Fahm, but the mayor of Yashar issued an order to delete it."
The city was surprised, but mentions that this is not the first time he has threatened to resign. For example, he threatened to leave his post if the police station in the city was not closed down. However, the station did not close down and he remained in office.
"Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser also used to threaten like this from time to time and enjoyed returning to it' at the public's request'. Perhaps he adopts this method," said one official who is familiar with local politics cynically and explained that the city actually received his authentic condemnation after the attack in Hadera.
Two people were killed and five others were injured in a shooting attack on Sunday by two terrorists on Herbert Samuel Street in Hadera. An undercover force that was at the scene neutralized the terrorists, residents of Umm al-Fahm, at the end of a shootout.