The family of the late Netanel Roey Arami, hy”d, the construction worker who was the victim of a suspected terror attack after he fell – or was pushed – from the eleventh floor of a Petah Tikva construction site, is campaigning Tuesday for the Petah Tikva Magistrate Court to publish details of the death.
Police have yet to release a gag order on the case, although reportedly when they arrived on the roof of the Petah Tikva building Arami fell from while rappelling they found his ropes cut and Arab workers laughing; the police inaction has sparked public outcry and protests.
Miryam Arami, Netanel’s mother, said at the entrance to the court that “we have a feeling that they look at us as second-class citizens, that they want us to close our mouths and not give us an answer.” The family came dressed in white shirts with pictures of their son with blood stains.
In September, Netanel’s family convened a press conference at the family home, whereby they also demanded that the details be made known to the public.
Arami’s father, Rabbi Uziel Arami, spoke at the conference, saying “the loss and victimization of Netanel is not the case of an individual victim, but the public victim of the Jewish nation.”
“We all need to unify as one with one heart, our strength is in our unity,” said the grieving father. “We see what is happening on the ground. Here it’s an attack with a truck, and here with a tractor. They throw rocks at kindergartens and we see support written for Islamic State (ISIS) and Hamas.”
Arami left behind his pregnant wife Moriya and two small children, Eitan and Aviya.
Speaking at the conference, a tearful Moriya said “my husband went to work like every other day, a husband who concerned himself with providing for us, and didn’t come back.”
“My husband was loved by all, he didn’t have enemies, he was a devoted, loving and concerned father, an amazing husband, like no other,” said the bereaved wife.
Moriya added “I don’t know how I’ll raise my children without their father. My two-year-old son asks me ‘where is dad?’ What do you say to a child that age? I tell him ‘dad is protecting us from heaven.'”
Miryam stated clearly at the time that “they murdered my son because he’s Jewish. There’s no other reason here.”
“I call on all the government sources to put an end to this slaughter they are doing against us. It’s like we’re in a shooting range,” continued Miryam. “No one knows who’s next in line.”
Speaking about the justice demanded in the case, Miryam stated “if the punishment isn’t enough of a deterrent, this won’t be the last case. All of this covering up won’t help, it was clear that when two ropes opened it’s only murder and nothing else. Our nation is not stupid.”
While it took police two weeks to rule out an accident and then start investigating Arami’s death as a case of murder, Miryam noted “from the start we knew this was murder, and not a work accident.”