An Arab advisor to the education minister was murdered in Rameh
Sahar Ismael, 50, an adviser to Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton and No. 17 on the New Hope Party’s Knesset list, was shot dead in the Galilee town of Rameh on Sunday morning, the Israel Police reported.Some more information available here. The saddest part is that he was surely murdered by jihadists who opposed his wish to combat serious crimes.
The background to the murder was reportedly Ismael’s intention to use his influence and connections in government to fight the town’s crime gangs, people close to him said.
One person said Ismael had recently received several death threats, Maariv reported.
Police suspect the killing had been planned. Ismael was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene of the shooting.
“He was killed in a hail of bullets,” Rameh Mayor Shauki Latif told Ynet.
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