Apr 6, 2021
Upon his release from prison this week, crowds cheered Rushdi Hamdan Abu Makh, a member of the terror cell that killed Moshe Tamam in 1984.
By Israel Hayom via JNS
The former leader of Israel’s Ra’am Party attended the homecoming celebration on Monday in Baka al-Gharbiya for a resident released from prison after serving 35 years for murdering an Israeli.
Rushdi Hamdan Abu Makh, a member of the terror cell that abducted and murdered Moshe Tamam in 1984, was originally sentenced to life in prison, but his sentence was commuted in 2012 by then-President Shimon Peres.
On Monday, he returned to his hometown in northern Israel, where locals welcomed him with a parade, waving Palestinian flags, singing and dancing as he made his way to his family home.