The court ruled in favor of demolishing the first bulldozer-terrorist’s house, despite his family’s objections that they have nothing to do with his actions. The decision states sensibly that the damage to the family is negligible compared to the potential deterrent effect on would-be terrorists.
The court’s decision is a fraud. The demolition is purely an act of vengeance—righteous vengeance. The deterrent effect is zero because Arab charities will immediately buy the terrorist’s family a new better house.
The court is treating Israeli Arab residents as enemies at war. Even by theoretical wartime standards, house demolitions are a crime. It is good to see the Israeli Supreme Court rejecting the Hague’s nonsense law as impractical, but now can the judges apply the same logic to permit IDF to use Arabs as human shields, and perhaps to expel the fifth column altogether?
Dear Sir,
I can see that the demolition of the Arab’s house does not go far enough. Israel has been far too nice to terrorists. I would just hang them in public instead of wasting Israeli money to put them in jail. Israel needs to enact a law that provides capital punishment for anybody convicted of terrorism. That way, there would be no more cases like Shalit, who was abducted by Palestinians as an exchange trump card for terrorists in Israeli prisions. Terrorists deserve the death penalty, no more, no less. Israeli Arabs are residents of Israel. If Arab charities buy the Arab familily whose house was destroyed a new house, that charity should be considered an enemy of the State of Israel and be treated accordingly.
Collective punishment of Israel judicial court may have unpredictable consequences if we remember about the international opinion. Collective punishment of Israel judicial court used as a deterrent reeminds somehow of a fascist Germany and Jews.
Somalian pirates with Iranian ship are less disgusting than a Jewish “court” represrenting legislative power in the country.