obituaries Obituaries from page 69 Jihadist Arrested In Brussels Murders Israel: P.A. Accountable For Terrorism JTA A AFP/Times of Israe l man arrested on suspicion of killing four people last month at the Jewish Museum of Belgium allegedly claimed responsibil- ity for the attack in a video. Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said June 1 in a news confer- ence in Brussels that Mehdi a video found after Nemmouche the arrest of Mehdi Nemmouche, 29, at a bus and train station in Marseille, France, on May 30 includes his voice claiming responsibility for the May 24 murders. Nemmouche had tried to film the attack, according to Van Leeuw, but the camera failed. Nemmouche was arrested at Marseille's main train/bus station on May 29 and is being held on suspicion of terrorist activ- ity. He arrived in Marseille aboard a bus that left from Amsterdam via Brussels. According to TF1, a French television broadcaster, Nemmouche was stopped by customs and declined to open his bag. Weapons found there were "the same type used on May 24 in Brussels" reported AFP. Nemmouche also carried a small, por- table video camera and a baseball cap similar to the one that is believed to have been worn by the murderer. Also May 30, Belgian police took two people in for questioning in connection with Nemmouche. Nemmouche became a radical jihad- ist while serving a sentence in France in 2009 for armed robbery, TF1 reported. He left France for Belgium in 2012 and from there traveled to Syria. Nemmouche had spent a total of five years in prison from 2007 to 2012 and had visited the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Turkey and Syria after his release. He returned to Europe in March 2014. Roger Cukierman, president of French Jewry's umbrella organization CRIF, told the British Independent newspaper, "It seems that the worst fears of Western governments are being realized. The European jihadists in Syria are a time bomb waiting to go off?' ❑ "THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH US AND MY CHILDREN TALKING ABOUT MY FATHER AND EXPLAINING THE PROCESS OF DYING HELPED MAKE THIS TIME OF SADNESS AND LOSS TOLERABLE." WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM THE FAMILIES WE SERVE. THE IRA KAUFMAN CHAPEL Bringing Together Family, Faith & Community 18325 W. 9 Mile Rd Southfield, MI 48075 • 248.569.0020 • IraKaufman.com 70 June 5 • 2014 JN Obituaries Times of Israel I sraeli ministers said they would hold a new Palestinian unity government responsible for rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, in a response to the inclusion of Hamas in a new Palestinian cabinet sworn in on June 2. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and eight top ministers said they would boycott the new government and form a team to "examine courses of action:' Earlier in the day, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in 17 ministers who make up a new techno- cratic government meant to steer the P.A. toward elections in six months. The move angered Israel for includ- ing the Hamas movement, which refuses to recognize Israel and which Israel and much of the international community consider a terror organization. In a statement released by the prime minister's office, Netanyahu called Abbas a peace rejectionist and vowed not to negotiate with his new government. The cabinet decided Israel would now view the Palestinian government as respon- sible for any hostile action emanating from the Gaza Strip as well as the West Bank, according f p* to the statement. The security cabinet ■ 4! also voted unanimously to reject any negotiations with a Palestinian gov- ernment that includes Benjamin Hamas, and authorized Netanyahu Netanyahu to impose further sanctions upon the Palestinian leadership. The cabinet also voted to prevent any terror organizations from participating in future Palestinian elections. That likely means that Israel will refuse to allow Palestinian elections in east Jerusalem should Hamas take part. Abbas hailed the end of Palestinian divi- sion, saying, "We announce the end of a Palestinian division that has greatly dam- aged our national case?' Abbas has already pledged that the new administration will abide by the principles laid down by the Middle East peace quar- tet that call for recognizing Israel, reject- ing violence and abiding by all existing agreements. However, Hamas has yet to ratify those conditions. ❑