Jewish terrorists get special treatment from Israel
‘Israel’s high court has backed the government’s policy of demolishing the family homes of those accused of perpetrating acts Israel defines as terrorism, while shielding the families of Jewish perpetrators from the same fate.
Human rights monitors denounce such punitive demolitions as collective punishment, which is a war crime under international law.
The ruling came as Israeli authorities began implementing a new wave of collective punishments against the families of prisoners and slain Palestinians.
On 4 July, the high court rejected a petition by the parents of Muhammad Abu Khudair to demolish the homes of the three Israelis convicted of killing their teenage son.
But while rejecting the Abu Khudair petition, the court reaffirmed the state’s right to demolish the homes of Palestinians accused of attacks, reinforcing a glaring double standard.’
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