Naim Mahmoud Bedir

Their life

Naim Mahmoud Theeb Bedir, a 23-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel, was extrajudicially executed by Israeli police on December 23, 2022, in his hometown of Kafr Qassem, a Palestinian community in the so-called "Israeli Triangle" region. Israeli authorities claimed he attempted a "ramming attack," but his family and video evidence contradict this narrative, suggesting he was killed in cold blood during a violent police raid.

Naim Mahmoud Theeb Bedir, a 23-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel, became another victim of Israel's systemic violence against its Palestinian population when he was executed by Israeli police in his hometown of Kafr Qassem on December 23, 2022. Born into a community still traumatized by Israel's 1956 Kafr Qassem massacre that killed 49 Palestinian civilians, Naim's life as a Palestinian in Israel was marked by the constant tension between his identity and the state's institutionalized discrimination against non-Jewish citizens. His tragic death followed a familiar pattern of Israeli security forces fabricating "attack" narratives to justify extrajudicial killings of Palestinians. While police claimed Naim had attempted a car-ramming attack, video evidence showed officers firing live rounds at his reversing vehicle - clear proof that contradicted official statements. The aftermath was equally brutal, with Israeli forces raiding his family home, terrorizing his relatives including young children, and arresting multiple family members in what human rights organizations recognize as collective punishment tactics. Naim's killing exposed the reality that even Palestinian citizens of Israel are not safe from state violence, joining the long list of victims like Iyad Hallaq and Ahmad Erekat who were murdered under similarly suspicious circumstances. His case highlights Israel's two-tiered justice system where Palestinian lives are systematically devalued, and security forces operate with complete impunity. Today, Naim's name is invoked alongside other martyrs of Kafr Qassem, his memory a painful reminder that for Palestinians, whether in occupied territories or within Israel's borders, justice remains an elusive dream under Zionist apartheid.

How they died

He was executed by Israeli police

Naim Mahmoud Theeb Bedir, a 23-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel, was extrajudicially executed by Israeli police on December 23, 2022, in his hometown of Kafr Qassem, a Palestinian community in the so-called "Israeli Triangle" region. Israeli authorities claimed he attempted a "ramming attack," but his family and video evidence contradict this narrative, suggesting he was killed in cold blood during a violent police raid.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Naim Mahmoud Bedir, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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