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Military 'approves demolition of Awarta convicts' homes'
Published Sunday 06/05/2012 (updated) 08/05/2012 10:43
Hakim and Amjad Awad, teens from the northern West Bank, were sentenced
to multiple life sentences for the murder of an Israeli family in a nearby settlement.
TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- The heads of Israel's military on Sunday decided to demolish the homes of two Palestinians convicted of murdering an Israeli family last year, Israeli media said.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and army chief Benny Gantz agreed to destroy the West Bank homes of Hakim and Ajmad Awad, Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post reported.

The teenagers were sentenced to multiple life sentences for the killing of five relatives in an Israeli settlement in March 2011.

The move -- recommended by Israel's internal security service the Shin Bet -- will be subject to legal scrutiny in coming weeks by the Israeli parliamentary legal advisers, the report said.

Lawyer with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel Tamar Feldman told Ma'an: "Demolishing the houses of families of convicted criminals, despicable as their crimes may be, is collective punishment, which is absolutely banned under international law."

The army ceased home demolitions as a punitive measure in 2005 after an internal committee ruled there was no evidence the practice was effective as a deterrent, she said.

The proposed demolition of the Awad family homes is "both illegal and immoral, and has been proven to be ineffective," Feldman noted.

Hakim and Amjad -- from Awarta village in the northern West Bank -- were found guilty of the stabbing attack that killed Ehud and Ruthie Fogel and their children, three-month-old Hadas, four-year-old Elad and Yoav, 11 in nearby Itamar settlement.

The Jerusalem Post said the Shin Bet recommended demolishing their families' homes to deter further attacks, and to punish relatives who it alleged aided the convicts during investigations.
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1 ) Murder / Rates
06/05/2012 19:13
In the UK a manslaughter fine of about $500K can be typical, and these two murderers took 5 LIVES, so Israel should either - DEMOLISH property valued at DOUBLE $2.5 MILLION (5*$500K), or - TRANSFER property valued at EQUAL to $2.5 MILLION, from Awads to Fogels, and/or from Awarta to Itamar villages !!!!
2 ) Tony B? / ME
06/05/2012 19:52
Collective punishment is appropriate in the case of terrorist crimes. This is a Palestinian family crime. These two men were taught by their parents to hate and murder. They are supported by their families in this evil. All share responsibility. And if the PA pays a penny to them, the governments that fund the PA should cut their money supply. If their was any real justice these two should be hung. Hamas style !!!
3 ) Mr.D / PS
06/05/2012 19:57
What if the people already living in these houses are innocent? Do governments in the civilized world demolish the homes of criminals?
4 ) ronen / israel
06/05/2012 20:03
i dont want their house razed. i want eye for an eye
5 ) Arna / USA
06/05/2012 20:13
Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but the military court that tried the two men never released much in the way of evidence. There were a lot of contradicting claims, none of which were reconciled by the verdict.
6 ) Jihane / Palestine/France
06/05/2012 21:21
Yeah, Ronen wants an eye for an eye. Does that go for the thugs in the IDF who kill Palestinian children too ? They usually get promoted ! Some of the comments (1, 2, 4) are showing real racism. No. 1 wants the population of Awarta to pay: maybe he should ask himself on what land the Itamar settlement - one of the most extremist - is built. Ruth Fogel was a French citizen. What was she doing on occupied Palestinian land ?
7 ) Jihane / Palestine/France
06/05/2012 21:28
By the way, I forgot to ask: was the house of the family of Yigal and Hagai Amir demolished after the killing of Yitzhak Rabin ? Or the house of Baruch Goldstein ? Or that of his family in New York ? No, and Baruch Goldstein even has a beautiful grave where all his nutcase fellow Talibans go mourning !
8 ) @ Jihane #6 / Murder
07/05/2012 01:31
One house for 5 Murders in NOT "an eye for an eye" (see #1), but Murder is Murder, no matter who does it, so Yes, absolutely, it does go for "the IDF who MURDER Palestinian children too" !! But, the IDF does NOT murder, and only targets and kills militants, and unfortunately sometimes the civilians militants use as human-shields. Killing as a result of war crimes (human-shields) of others is different, and killing in self-defense is different too - Neither are murder !!!
9 ) Emile / USA
07/05/2012 02:39
These two young men obviously have an aggravating mental condition from living under constant occupation and fear. They should have been sent for an evaluation and counseling. The criminal settlers, on the other hand, living on stolen land should have ALL of their homes demolished, and they should be put on trial for war crimes. Of course their will be no justice as long as the Nazis, oops I meant Zionist, are allow to continue unchecked.
10 ) judith bell / canada
07/05/2012 05:19
It was a terrible crime but the sentence has been pronounced and it was against the perpetrators. It is embarrassingly "third world" for a country like Israel to raze these men's families' homes. What about their siblings? Why should they be punished?
11 ) Julie / USA
07/05/2012 05:24
izraHELL showing its love for Hitler again, committing heinous crimes against humanity & scoffing at international law. money wise, per #1, izrahell owes Palestine millions of dollars for the THOUSANDS & THOUSANDS of Pals they murdered. #2 is 100% conjecture, no evidence whatsoever so just hate-mongering. #3, if you had it your way, then you would have tlet Pals kill off as many as izrahell has murdered, an exponentially greater number, so let them start by taking out the nazi regime & IDF thugs
12 ) JOHN / PAL- USA
07/05/2012 07:16
The Fogel family chose to live in a militarized settlement built in flagrant violation of Int'l law, and in equally blatant provocation of the Palestinian population who are subjected to the horrors of Occupation. The racists posting on this thread will never, thankfully, have to live in a land being slowly, and intently, strangled by a malicious foreign power which siphons both lands and resources, and which prevents any semblance of life as normal from coming to them, as do the Palestinians.
13 ) Outsider / EU
07/05/2012 11:26
Well, so much for the only democracy in the Middle East. When was the last time the UK, France or Canada demolished the family homes of a criminal? In fact, why did the Israeli authorities not demolish the home of Damian Kerlik, who slaughtered an Israeli family, including infants, in their beds in 2009? Could it anything to do with the fact that he was Israeli, and there is one law for Israelis another for Palestinians?
14 ) @4 / ps
07/05/2012 14:19
if thats the case then they would be many dead israelis
15 ) @ Jihane #7 / USA
07/05/2012 15:35
Can you imagine ever agreeing with a Zionist on anything ??
Well it just happened, and the reason is that, Love for Israel,
and Love of Justice Go Together !!

You are right. The houses of the Amir and Goldstein families should have been demolished, after the killing of Yitzhak Rabin, and in the Hebron Mosque !!

However, Goldstein only got a grave site, and Israel did NOT honor his terror attack, with a landmark named for him, like the PA honors it's murderers !!!
16 ) أمجد / القدس فلسطين
07/05/2012 17:37
Hakim and Amjad killed 3 month-old Hadas, 4 year-old Elad and 11 year old Yoav, 11 and their parents. Why not portray their crime in its true light as a cold blooded horrendous murder?
17 ) Outsider / EU
08/05/2012 11:28
15) Where's the monument to the Itamar murderers? Here's what Salam Fayyad said just after it: "Asked whether he was referring to the killing of five Israelis in a West Bank settlement, Fayyad answered, “Yes. I am referring to what happened in Itamar settlement last night. An infant, two children and their parents were the victims, and as we have always rejected violence against our people, we reject it against others and we condemn it.”
18 ) Peacebuddy / Jerusalem
08/05/2012 16:14
Why don't terrorists like Chaim Pearlman and other freaks of the Kahane Chai movement have their houses demolished?

Considering all the settler terrorism and attacks against Palestinian civilians, the "logic" of Israeli revenge policies should mean the demolition of all the settlements in the West Bank.

Although, the 26,000 Palestinian homes that Israel has demolished since 1967 have been destroyed not out of revenge, but just for the ethnic cleansing factor.

19 ) Mohammed Awwad / Hungary
21/04/2013 22:11
And what about the house of Rabin's killer? Doesn't he worth a house. Come on this state is not belonging to any international regulations, sooner or later an end will be there.
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