Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called on Tuesday for the immediate demolition of the Haifa-area grave of Izzedine al-Qassam, a Syrian who carried out attacks against Jews in Mandatory Palestine during the 1930s.

The Gaza-based Hamas terrorist group later named its armed wing , as well as its rockets , after him.

Al-Qassam was buried in the Muslim cemetery in the former Arab village of Balad al-Sheikh in 1935, which is currently within the jurisdiction of the city of Nesher.

“Issue a demolition order tomorrow morning,” Ben-Gvir told Nesher Mayor Roy Levi during a meeting of the Knesset’s Internal Affairs and Environment Committee.

“I assume the police will enforce, secure, and act. We must send a very clear message: arch-terrorists, even in death, will not serve

See Full Page