In 2014, the JOH was erroneously linked to the killing of Muhammad Abu Khdeir. There was a rumor that Khdeir had been a member of JOH and that was the reason for his murder. JOH claimed that this was not true and the group reiterated that they want peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The group has had Palestinian members since 2001, although Palestinians have been forming their own groups since around 2007.