Exactly 5 years ago today, Dafna Meir, a 38 year old nurse, wife, and mother of 4, was brutally murdered at her home in front of 2 of her children, by a 15 year old Palestinian.

Two days later, the murderer was arrested by Israeli security forces.

Here is his testimony >>

“She struggled”, the 15 year old murderer told the investigators.
“I stabbed her until I couldn’t pull the knife out of her body” >>
“Why did you kill her?”
he was asked by the investigators.

“Israel is killing our youths. That’s why. I decided to do the same as other young Palestinians do...I realized I might get hurt but I had faith in god” >>
“I was hiding and watching a settler lady with two small kids. She had that Jewish head scarf. She was speaking on her cellphone...I waited until she stepped outside so I can murder her” >>
“She stepped outside, I ran 5 meters towards her and stabbed her in the stomach...she began screaming...her children saw me stabbing her and began screaming”
“...I stabbed her in the chest, 3 or 4 times...she struggled, trying to grab the knife...Kids were screaming and she kept struggling...
I tried to pull out the knife, and to keep stabbing her, but the knife was stuck. So I ran. I got back home around 18:30” >>
When he got home, he joined his family watching a documentary on TV. He didn’t tell them about what he has done.
“Then I went to bed. I didn’t leave the house until they came to arrest me” >>
“If you could have pulled the knife out, what would you have done?” the investigators asked.

“I would have kept on stabbing her. And if I would’ve seen another Jew, I would have stabbed and killed him too” >>
“...I would have kept on murdering Jews until I would’ve died as a martyr”.

“Why would you have wanted to die as a martyr?”
the murderer was asked >>
“Every Muslim hopes for a martyr’s death. I want to go to heaven and get 70 virgins.” >>
“...the liberation of Palestine is in the hands of the prisoners and the Shahids and heroes. We will return to Acre, Haifa, Tiberius, Jaffa and Nazareth” >>
“If I would’ve let you go right now, what would you do?” the investigators asked.

“I would go to Al-Aqsa, and on my way, I would kill as many Jews as I could”.

May the memory of Dafna Meir and all victims of terror be a blessing.

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It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details):
https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha

I've read it so you needn't!

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