‘He asked me to pray for him’
Samir Abdullah, 45, said the people who had sent her son to Tel Aviv were wrong to exploit someone too young to understand the implications of his act.
"It's immoral to send someone so young," she said.
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SUBSCRIBESamir Abdullah, 45, said the people who had sent her son to Tel Aviv were wrong to exploit someone too young to understand the implications of his act.
"It's immoral to send someone so young," she said.
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