Israel Matzav

Shin Bet recommends destroying Itamar massacre perpetrators' homes

The Shin Bet General Security Service has recommended destroying the family homes of Hakim and Amjad Awad, the two terrorists who murdered five members of the Fogel family of Itamar in March 2011.

The Shin Bet said on Sunday that "the organization's recommendation mainly relies upon the need to strengthen the aspect of deterrence among potential terrorists.

"In this case, the general need for deterrence is strengthened by a concrete consideration that stems from the fact that several of the terrorists' family members offered them assistance after the terror attack – by hiding the weapons stolen during the attack and by covering up the act through the destruction of evidence."

The Shin Bet denied that there are legal officials who are opposed to the move and mentioned a number of verdicts from the last decade where it was determined that the demolition of houses was legal and that there was no room, from the High Court's perspective, to intervene in these decisions.

"That was the case in the ruling over the destruction of the house of the terrorist responsible for the Merkaz Ha Rav yeshiva attack in 2005 and the destruction of the home of the terrorist who carried out the terrorist attack in Jerusalem in 2008," Shin Bet officials noted.

A meeting on the matter is set to take place over the next few weeks at the Attorney General's office with IDF and Defense Ministry representatives.

Maybe they ought to also seal the homes of the Machsom Watch traitors who felt it necessary to go comfort the murderers' families.

But yes, the terrorists' homes should be destroyed. Maybe then they won't consider them such heroes.

Labels: Amjad Awad, Fogel family massacre, Hakim Awad, Itamar

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:56 PM