Gad Rejwan

Feb 27, 2002 - Gad Rejwan, 34, of Jerusalem, was shot and killed by one of his Palestinian employees in a factory in the Atarot industrial area, north of Jerusalem.

The industrial area lies just south of Ramallah, within Jerusalem city limits. The Palestinian, who had worked at the factory for several years and had no record of labor disputes with Rejwan, part-owner of the Rejwan coffee factory. Early Wednesday morning he walked into the employer's office and shot him twice in the head at close range, then fled the scene. Two Fatah groups issued a joint statement taking responsibility for the murder.

Rejwan managed the Bashkevitz factory together with his brothers after they left the family business that today produces Rejwan coffee. The Rejwans are a prominent Jerusalem family, with business activity in the fields of real estate, tourism and the food industry.

Gad Rejwan was buried in Jerusalem. He leaves behind his parents, Alfred and Margalit, two brothers and a sister, his wife Maya, and their 7-year-old daughter Ann.