The office of the prime minister, the conservative Benjamin Netanyahu, announced this morning six measures against the Palestinians, “to combat terrorism and make terrorists and those who support them pay a price for it.”
The Israeli Security Cabinet announced this morning a series of measures against the Palestiniansin response to a series of attacks this weekendwhich include the revocation of benefits for families of attackers and a plan to deport them.
The cabinet decisions follow a major attack on an Israeli settlement in occupied east Jerusalem on Friday night, in which seven Israelis died and which represents the deadliest Palestinian attack since 2008.
“The Security Cabinet made a series of decisions to combat terrorism and make terrorists and those who support them pay a price for it,” the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
have announced six measuresincluding “the revocation of the rights to social security and additional benefits of the relatives of terrorists who support terrorism” and the “streamlining and expansion of the granting of firearms licenses“for civilians.
In addition, the statement has announced a plan to “legislate the revocation of Israeli identity cards of families of terrorists who support terrorism“, an initiative that had already been promoted by the far-right members of the Executive and that is expected to be discussed this Sunday at the government cabinet meeting.
While the details of such a proposal have not yet been released, the measure would apply to those Palestinians living in occupied east Jerusalem with Israeli residency permits who would be forced to settle in the occupied West Bank.
The remaining measures announced by the cabinet have been the decision to demolish as soon as possible the family residence of the Palestinian responsible for Friday’s attackthe reinforcement of both military and police troops in different places and the “strengthening” of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
During the month of January, the violence claimed the lives of 32 Palestinians and 7 Israelis.
This weekend’s surge was triggered by an Israeli military raid on Thursday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, which killed nine Palestinians – including several militants – and was followed by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
Source: Eitb
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