Palestinian man confesses to murdering pregnant Israeli girlfriend

[oberliner]

Mohammed Harouf, a Palestinian resident of Nablus was arrested Wednesday in connection with the murder of his 29-year-old Israeli girlfriend, Michal Halimi, who has eight months pregnant at the time of her death.

Details of the arrest and the victim were only cleared for publication by police Wednesday morning after the suspect was brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate Court for a hearing on the extension of his remand.

At his entrance to the court for his hearing, Harouf was asked by reporters why he did it, to which he responded, "I wanted to release prisoners." He later denied that the murder was related to a romantic relationship between the two, and then proceeded to kick guards before being physically removed from the court room shouting, "I'll kill all the Jews!"

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4997685,00.html

[DetlefK]

1. Translation: He's afraid of being lynched by Palestinians for having a baby with an israeli woman.

[oberliner]

2. May not have been his baby

The various stories on this indicate that she was also married to an Israeli man and that it is not known who the father of the baby was.

[geek tragedy]

3. male violence against intimate partners is a phenomenon that transcends all political

and religious boundaries

[oberliner]

4. Except they don't usually scream "Kill all the Jews!" during their hearing

That is pretty specific to certain politically and/or religiously minded folks.

[geek tragedy]

5. seems at least plausible this scumbag is concerned about what would happen

to him if he were thought to be literally in bed with Israelis/Jews, people viewed as collaborators wind up as murder victims.

That's an entirely different layer of pathology, of course.

[Violet_Crumble]

6. Since when do we take seriously what perpetrators of the most extreme domestic violence say?

They have a tendency to look for attention and will say what they think will get them attention. Why pander to them?

[aranthus]

7. I don't think that's true.

I suspect that most perpetrators are looking for exculpation more than attention. Is this the sort of thing that would get him off for the crime? Of course not. But would it make his time in jail easier with other Arab prisoners? I think so. He may not have meant it, but it seems as if he was playing to an audience.

[wellst0nev0ter]

9. We're posting local crime stories now?

Hope he goes to prison.