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Murderers of Palestinian Teen to Face 'Full Weight of Law'
(JTA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged following arrests in the murder of a Palestinian teen that the killers "will face the full weight of the law." Israel's Shin Bet security service announced Sunday that it had arrested "several Jewish suspects" in the kidnap and murder of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, whose body was found July 2 in the Jerusalem forest. Sending his condolences to the victim's family, Netanyahu said Sunday, "I pledge that the perpetrators of this horrific crime, which must be resolutely condemned in the most forceful language, will face the full weight of the law. I know that in our society, the society of Israel, there is no place for such murderers. And that's the difference between us and our neighbors. They consider murderers to be heroes. They name public squares after them. We don't. We condemn them and we put them on trial and we'll put them in prison," he said. "We do not differentiate between the terrorists and we will respond to all of them, wherever they come from, with a firm hand."