Posted on 01/03/21
| News Source: Arutz-7
An Israeli-Arab man who was photographed with Prime Minister Binyamin Netenyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein last week lashed out at the media Sunday evening, following reports he had been incarcerated for murder.
Last Friday, Netanyahu and Edelstein held a photo op with 66-year-old Umm al-Fahm resident Muhammad Abd al-Wahab Jabarin, the one-millionth person in Israel to receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
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On Sunday, however, it was discovered the Jabarin had served time in an Israeli prison.
According to a report by Kan News, Jabarin served twenty years in prison for a double murder.
City officials said they were very surprised by the choice of Jabarin to be photographed alongside the prime minister, and stated that the organizers of the well-publicized vaccine probably knew nothing about his past. Read more at Arutz-7