Jordan minister dubs Israel girls’ killer ‘hero’
Middle East • February 2011 • Views: 551
JORDAN’S justice minister on Monday described a Jordanian soldier serving a life sentence for killing seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997 as a ‘hero,’ drawing an expression of ‘revulsion’ from Israel.
‘I support the demonstrators’ demand to free Ahmad Dakamseh. He’s a hero. He does not deserve prison,’ Hussein Mujalli, who was named minister last week, told AFP after taking part in the sit-in held by trade unions.