(Times of Israel) Israel's Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan ordered a freeze Tuesday on returning the bodies of Palestinian terrorists from east Jerusalem to their families. Police agreed to release the bodies after the families committed to hold private funerals that would not include calls for further attacks. On Monday night, Ynet aired footage of the funeral in east Jerusalem of Alaa Abu Jamal that showed 200 residents demonstrating outside the cemetery with cries of "Allahu akbar" and "in spirit and blood we will redeem you, martyr." Abu Jamal had plowed his vehicle into a group of people standing at a bus stop in Jerusalem. He then attacked the survivors of his car ramming with a meat cleaver. Yeshayahu Kirshavski, 60, was killed in the attack. Erdan said on Tuesday, "The police's conditions and the terrorist's family's commitments were breached."
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