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World Scout Body: Controversial Jerusalem Troop Not a Member
Source: Associated Press
World Scout Body: Controversial Jerusalem Troop Not a Member
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Sep 4, 2016, 2:23 PM ET
The world's main scouting organization on Sunday said it has no connection to a Palestinian troop in Jerusalem that dedicated a recent training course to one of the killers of an Israeli-American man.
Stephen Peck, spokesman for the World Organization of the Scout Movement, said the Jerusalem troop is not a member of his organization's Palestinian affiliate and "has no right to speak or publish on their behalf."
The east Jerusalem troop last month hosted a course dedicated to Baha Alyan — one of two Palestinian attackers who shot and stabbed passengers on a Jerusalem bus last October. Alyan was killed by a security guard, while a second assailant survived and is now serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli prison.
Richard Lakin, a retired school principal from Connecticut and advocate for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, was among three people killed in the attack.
Lakin's son, Micah Lakin Avni, had appealed to the world scouting movement to expel the Palestinian Scout Association, saying the Alyan course violated the group's core principles.
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Sep 4, 2016, 2:23 PM ET
The world's main scouting organization on Sunday said it has no connection to a Palestinian troop in Jerusalem that dedicated a recent training course to one of the killers of an Israeli-American man.
Stephen Peck, spokesman for the World Organization of the Scout Movement, said the Jerusalem troop is not a member of his organization's Palestinian affiliate and "has no right to speak or publish on their behalf."
The east Jerusalem troop last month hosted a course dedicated to Baha Alyan — one of two Palestinian attackers who shot and stabbed passengers on a Jerusalem bus last October. Alyan was killed by a security guard, while a second assailant survived and is now serving multiple life sentences in an Israeli prison.
Richard Lakin, a retired school principal from Connecticut and advocate for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, was among three people killed in the attack.
Lakin's son, Micah Lakin Avni, had appealed to the world scouting movement to expel the Palestinian Scout Association, saying the Alyan course violated the group's core principles.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/world-scout-body-controversial-jerusalem-troop-member-41859543