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Family of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar demand accountability after West Bank killing

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AL-MAZRA’A AL-SHARQIYA, West Bank — The air was fresh and the sky clear on Jan. 19 in this Palestinian village, and 17-year-old Tawfic Abdel Jabbar wanted to be outside with his friends. The photo roll on his cellphone was filled with pictures showing how much his life had changed in the nine months since he … Read more

American teen Tawfic Hafeth Abdel Jabbar was killed in the West Bank on Friday

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A Palestinian American teenager was fatally shot in the head in the West Bank, a family member told The Washington Post on Saturday, leaving his Louisiana mosque stunned and grieving. Tawfic Hafeth Abdel Jabbar, a 17-year-old who grew up in the New Orleans area, was killed Friday, … Read more