MADRID โ Fulfilling the dream of 5-year-old Palestinian survivor of arson attack by Israeli settlers in which he lost his family, Real Madrid said they will arrange a meeting between the young boy and the team star player Christiano Ronaldo.
The team โwould be delightedโ to receive the boy,โ the team spokesman Raul Serrano Quevedo said in a letter to the Palestinian ambassador.
The response followed an official request to the Palestinian Embassy to organize a meeting between Ahmad Dawabsha and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ahmad is still recovering in hospital from the July 31 arson attack by Jewish extremist settlers that killed his 18-month-old brother and their parents.
โWe want to raise attention of this dreadful crime around the globe, and sports are the best way to do that,โ Nasser Dawabsha, the boyโs uncle was quoted by AP.
โWe want to prevent similar crimes against our people.โ
The attack occurred last July when four Jewish settlers hurled fire bombs inside two homes, setting off a blaze that killed a sleeping toddler and critically wounded his parents and 4-year-old brother.
Assailants sprayed painted graffiti reading โrevengeโ and โlong live the Messiahโ in Hebrew before breaking the windows of the homes and throwing two firebombs inside.
In 2014, three Israeli settlers abducted and burned alive the Palestinian teenager whose murder sparked angry protests two weeks ago, paving way to Israeliโs crackdown on Palestinians and airstrikes on Gaza.