/
1x
Advertisement

True North Strong Free. Subscribe today.

Death of a Palestinian gas station attendant fuels conflict

Add as preferred on Google(opens in a new tab)

The death of a Palestinian gas station attendant in Israeli custody last week is fuelling rising tensions in the West Bank, with talks of a possible uprising. Palestinians, citing an autopsy, claim Arafat Jaradat, 30, was tortured; Israelis say more testing is needed to determine the cause of his death.

Jaradat was given a hero’s funeral, with thousands of angry Palestinians surrounding his grave.

Get the Best of Maclean’s straight to your inbox.

Sign up for news, commentary, analysis and promotions. Join 80,000+ Canadian readers.