'A father from Jabaliya refugee camp in north Gaza killed his son by setting fire to him because the boy refused to help the family pick olives, police said.
Security forces identified the father as AN, and said the 40-year-old threatened to torch his son Mohammad, 14, when he refused to help him harvest olives. The father then sent the boy's brother to get Benzene and gave him 2 shekels ($0.50) to buy a lighter.
Police said AN chased Mohammad into the bathroom, and poured fuel over him. The boy managed to escape and ran towards his grandmother's house next door, but his father caught him and set alight to him. Mohammad's grandmother told police that she opened the door to find her grandson's body burned.
Mohammad's father was arrested and questioned by police, who said he has been charged with murder.'
So a questionable running over of two Palestinian boys who were stoning his car means headlines, whereas a Palestinian father cold-bloodily and premeditatedly setting his son on fire to kill him garners no coverage at all.
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