You make several good points. I think there needs to be some meaningful repercussion for committing an act of terror. If the act is part of a suicide mission, then punishing the terrorist is as you pointed out not an option. It does seem that the PA rewards the families of terrorists, and this does seem to encourage more acts of terror. while I am extremely reluctant to agree with crazy right-wing schemes, it does seem that putting pressure on the families is one repercussion that might have meaning to the people who are prone to become terrorists.
You raise what is, of course, a serious dilemma. Israel just passed the law allowing deportation of family members who knew in advance about the terrorist act and did nothing to stop it. I wrote about this law this morning and perhaps some of your readers will be interested in it. https://ozsheri.substack.com/p/deportation-to-gaza-hmmmm-is-that
It seems the law to revoke citizenship or residence status is stuck for many months and not moving forward.
You raise the suggestion that international law is what should address a remedy for the problem, but I don't trust the international community to care about it until it bites them in the butt.
There is one error in your article -- you talk about moving terrorist families from the West Bank to Gaza but this law is only applicable to Israeli citizens or those with residence status, something that is not true for Arabs in the West Bank, i.e., the Palestinian Authority. They are not citizens or residents of Israel, apart from some who live in eastern Jerusalem which is part of Israel.
Sheri- Thanks for your comment. You're right, it's a completely different legal situation in the West Bank than for Israeli citizens. I hadn't been referring to this new law in particular, just to the issue in general.
I'm critical of international law also. That's along with the endless self- righteous demonstrators who indignantly accuse Israel of breaking international law with no concern that the law leaves Israel no affective option for punishing terrorists.
You make several good points. I think there needs to be some meaningful repercussion for committing an act of terror. If the act is part of a suicide mission, then punishing the terrorist is as you pointed out not an option. It does seem that the PA rewards the families of terrorists, and this does seem to encourage more acts of terror. while I am extremely reluctant to agree with crazy right-wing schemes, it does seem that putting pressure on the families is one repercussion that might have meaning to the people who are prone to become terrorists.
You raise what is, of course, a serious dilemma. Israel just passed the law allowing deportation of family members who knew in advance about the terrorist act and did nothing to stop it. I wrote about this law this morning and perhaps some of your readers will be interested in it. https://ozsheri.substack.com/p/deportation-to-gaza-hmmmm-is-that
It seems the law to revoke citizenship or residence status is stuck for many months and not moving forward.
You raise the suggestion that international law is what should address a remedy for the problem, but I don't trust the international community to care about it until it bites them in the butt.
There is one error in your article -- you talk about moving terrorist families from the West Bank to Gaza but this law is only applicable to Israeli citizens or those with residence status, something that is not true for Arabs in the West Bank, i.e., the Palestinian Authority. They are not citizens or residents of Israel, apart from some who live in eastern Jerusalem which is part of Israel.
Sheri- Thanks for your comment. You're right, it's a completely different legal situation in the West Bank than for Israeli citizens. I hadn't been referring to this new law in particular, just to the issue in general.
I'm critical of international law also. That's along with the endless self- righteous demonstrators who indignantly accuse Israel of breaking international law with no concern that the law leaves Israel no affective option for punishing terrorists.
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