Bereaved Son Slams UN Speech By Palestinian Terrorist's Father

"Micah Avni, whose father Richard Lakin was murdered in the East Talpiot terrorist attack in October 2015, couldn't believe his ears when he heard terrorist Baha Aliyan's father speak at the UN Human Rights assembly...

On October 13, 2015, two terrorists, Baha Aliyan and Bilal Abu Ghanem, boarded bus number 78 in Jerusalem. They opened fire in all directions and stabbed some of the passengers. Two of them, 78-year-old Haviv Haim and 51-year-old Along Govberg, were killed instantly. Avni's father, the 76-year-old Richard Lakin, died of his wounds two weeks later at the hospital. Aliyan was liquidated and Abu Ghanem was wounded.

Since then, the terrorist's father has been conducting a campaign to commemorate his murderous son by actively pushing to name schools after him and introducing his legacy into the curricula.

This week, Aliyan Sr. attended a Human Rights Council meeting at the UN, where he decried the sufferance of his family at the hand of Israel.

'After the attack I spoke at the UN and asked the organization and the UN secretary-general to condemn it, but they did not. They're consistent like that,' Avni said.

"This week, the UN hit rock bottom by inviting the father of the terrorist who murdered my father to give a speech as the representative of a delegation of families of terrorists and say how much they are suffering. It's just unbelievable. One would expect the State of Israel to raise its voice in objection, the UN is a platform for anti-Semitism.'..."