Ben Avraham, born Samaah Zeitoun, for years sought to convert to honor his grandfather, Iyad al Zeitoun, who is believed to have rescued 25 Jews, including whole families, during the deadly 1929 Hebron riots.
A senior police officer in the French city of Marseille said that if he were a Jew who cared about his country, he would leave for Israel and join its army.