Riyadh, October 28: Israeli extremists have tabled a reward of $1 million (Dh3.67 million) for the murder of a Saudi preacher who offered a reward of $100,000 for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers ten days ago.
Prominent preacher Shaikh Awad Al Qarni recently posted a message on his Facebook page offering a $100,000 reward to any Palestinian who kidnaps an Israeli soldier.
Israeli extremists responded by threatening to kill Al Qarni and offering a reward of $1 million to anyone who carried out the mission.
Al Qarni fired back and said he was unmoved by the threats and also spoke about the recent blocking of his Facebook page.
“This is supposedly done in cooperation with Israel and Facebook authorities as part of a conspiracy to delete pages concerning Palestinian prisoners,” he said on his Twitter page.
“Where is the freedom? Shall Facebook authorities be ready to delete the Facebook pages of Zionists [trying] to kill me? Where are the human rights?”
Controversial offer
Al Qarni posted the controversial offer on his Facebook page 10 days ago.
He wrote: “Media reports have circulated the news that the Zionist [colonists] are paying large sums of money to anyone who [can] kill the released Palestinian prisoners, and in response to those criminals, I announce to the world that I [hereby] commit to pay a reward and a prize in the amount of $100,000 to any Palestinian who imprisons [that is, takes as a hostage] an Israeli soldier inside Palestine, for the purpose of prisoner exchange.”
-Agencies