The murderers from the Sarona Market terrorist attack belong to the Mahamra clan, one of the largest families in the Palestinian town of Yatta and who actually descended from Jews. For generations they even kept some Jewish traditions, but now, they embrace terrorism.
By Nadav Shragai
The Palestinian town of Yatta in the south Hebron Hills, the starting point for Khaled and Mohammed Mahamra’s killing spree at the Sarona Market complex last week, was the first Arab community in Judea and Samaria to be connected to the water supply and electricity grid after the 1967 Six-Day War. The veteran members of the Civil Administration recall that Yatta was given that boon after town officials approached Israeli army officers a few months after the war, carrying an ancient gold Hannukah menorah and making a surprising claim: They, the Mahamra clan, were the descendants of an ancient Jewish tribe. Continue Reading »
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