Among the provisions that will be adopted are “the revocation of residence and citizenship” in Israel, the withdrawal of social security benefits and the “transfer to Palestinian Authority territory” of the relatives of extremists who support this procedure. Also, “the immediate dismissal of workers who have supported terrorism, without the need for a judicial hearing.”
These initiatives must pass a first filter in the Council of Ministers and are already criticized locally and internationally for targeting people who are not personally involved in crimes, but are simply relatives of those who perpetrate them.
Meanwhile, the Hebrew State Security Cabinet proposed on Saturday night to facilitate the carrying of weapons by civilians. “When civilians carry weapons, they can defend themselves,” Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir told reporters.
Preparations
Israeli troops hermetically closed the different entrances to the home of the attacker on Saturday in Neve Yaakov, while its inhabitants were forced to leave it. The destruction of the property was imminent.
The demolition of the homes of relatives of Palestinians who killed Israelis is common in Israel, whose authorities defend it for its supposed deterrent effects, although its detractors consider it illegal collective punishment and, moreover, ineffective.
The head of the legal department of the Israeli NGO HaMoked, Dani Shenhar, said that the announced demolition of that house shows “the will for revenge” of the government “against the relatives”. It is a measure taken “without any respect for the rule of law,” he added.
Jayri Alkam, 21, killed seven people outside a synagogue in east Jerusalem on Friday before being shot dead after a short police chase. “Our response will be vigorous, swift and precise,” Netanyahu immediately assured.
On Saturday, another Palestinian youth, just 13 years old, shot a 47-year-old man and his 23-year-old son, before being “wounded and neutralized” in a neighborhood outside the wall that delimits the Old City of that city. the police reported.
No organization claimed responsibility for these two attacks.
Yesterday morning, Israeli security agents killed a Palestinian near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. According to the Israeli army, the man was “armed”.
Funeral
Three of the victims of Friday’s shooting were buried Saturday night. It was about Asher Natan, a 14-year-old teenager, and Eli and Natalie Mizrahi, a couple who tried to help the first victims of the attack.
This spiral of violence began on Thursday with an Israeli incursion into the occupied Palestinian enclave of the West Bank, in which nine Palestinians were killed, including a 61-year-old woman.
In addition, a Palestinian house and vehicle were set on fire in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, an attack attributed by residents to Israeli settlers, but not confirmed by the Israeli armed forces.
The Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank, considered that Israel is “fully responsible for the dangerous escalation.”
Source: Ambito
