Those Poor Palestinians! In Their Fabulous Homes!
Check out the fab, wedding cake-like building -- the dwelling of the Palestinian family of the 17-year-old who murdered an American-Israeli 13-year-old in her bed, as she slept. They live on the second floor of this building, which is nicer than any place I've ever lived.
Judah Ari Gross writes for the Times of Israel:
Israeli troops demolished overnight Sunday the home of a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed to death a 13-year-old Israeli girl in June.A large military force, including members of the Combat Engineering Corps, arrived in the West Bank village of Bani Na'im, outside Hebron, in the early hours of Monday morning to raze the family home of Muhammad Nasser Tarayrah, 17, who on June 30 broke into the nearby Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba and stabbed Hallel Ariel to death as she slept in her bed.
The settlement's security team arrived on the scene and shot Tarayrah dead. A member of the community's emergency response team was also injured in the attack.
The Tarayrah family lives on the second floor of a three-story building in the village.
...Last week, the Supreme Court approved the demolition order, noting that some of Tarayrah's family members were at least partially aware of his intentions and supported the murder after the fact.
Tarayrah's family was first served with a demolition order on July 5, but appealed it through the Center for the Defense of the Individual non-governmental organization.
Though the order was upheld, the court did alter it, refusing the state's request to demolish not only the second floor of the building, but the first and third floors as well.
That decision was "based on the principle of proportionality to which the prosecution is beholden," the court said in its ruling. "It is not possible to approve the prosecution's decision to demolish the first and third floor of the building. There is no disagreement that the terrorist lived on the second floor of the building, and only there."
As per Israel's Emergency Security Regulations -- which has its origins in Ottoman law -- the military commander of a given area "has the right to order the demolition of any house, structure or land" of anyone who took part in a violent act or assisted those who took part in a violent act.
Israel argues that home demolitions are not punishments, but rather serve as a deterrent, preventing future attacks, according to section 119 of Israel's Emergency Security Regulations.
The Palestinian terrorist murderers also get monthly payments to their family (probably at least in part in American dollars) from the Palestinian Authority when they kill an Israeli. Nice incentive, huh?
So you can maybe understand the Israelis' need to provide a bit of a disincentive.
Oh, and if you think being Palestinian means living in squalor, think again. Pretty sparkly and fab, huh?
Comments were an interesting mix of thought.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/why-did-black-american-activists-start-caring-about-palestine/496088/#article-comments
Bob in Texas at August 18, 2016 7:05 AM
I especially liked this line:
"The settlement's security team arrived on the scene and shot Tarayrah dead."
And then they went about the business of removing the wasp's nest.
Canvasback at August 18, 2016 7:46 AM
Yes, in third world countries some people live better than others.
Do you seriously think people should be punished for the crimes of their relatives? Without a trial?
NicoleK at August 18, 2016 1:04 PM
Yes, in third world countries some people live better than others.
Do you seriously think people should be punished for the crimes of their relatives? Without a trial?
NicoleK at August 18, 2016 1:04 PM
Aiding and abetting terrorism is a crime. The police had pretty good evidence of this, or the judge wouldn't have signed the demolition order.
The Palestinians know darn well this is the penalty, up front.
Drug dealing or gang activities in your apartment in the US, will get you evicted from section 8 housing, as it should.
Isab at August 18, 2016 1:25 PM
Section 8 or not, if you have a drug dealer who lives with you the courts may take your home and car just because they might have used them. Little to no evidence required.
Ben at August 18, 2016 2:33 PM
Via our governments, often routed through agencies & NGOs, we pay for all this stuff. We thereby underwrite Islamist and terrorist organizations.
Lastango at August 18, 2016 3:23 PM
Also, note that there is a "process."
They are given an order, they can appeal, and there is a final judgment.
Maybe "fair" or maybe "not." But, there is a process which no doubt does NOT exist when the children they raised set out to kill others.
Lesson: don't raise your children to be killers and you just might not lose your home.
charles at August 18, 2016 5:41 PM
This is a horrifying story, and Tarayrah got what he richly deserved. I hope he suffered before he expired.
At least long enough to think, "Gee, maybe that wasn't such a good idea."
But I'm amused at the judge's order which allows them to demolish the second story, but not the first or the third.
I would consider myself duly enlightened, if someone would explain to me how you demolish a second story of a building, without also destroying the third?
Think about what the word "demolish" means before you answer. Is the third story expected to just hover there without the second story to hold it up? Those Israels must know some seriously good architectural design if they can pull that off.
Patrick at August 18, 2016 6:38 PM
Think about what the word "demolish" means before you answer. Is the third story expected to just hover there without the second story to hold it up? Those Israels must know some seriously good architectural design if they can pull that off.
Patrick at August 18, 2016 6:38 PM
They are taking out everything that makes it habitable, and leaving the structural supports in. Quite possible from an engineering standpoint.
I find often, when judicial orders are translated into English from a foreign language, the resulting document, is not quite precise.
Isab at August 18, 2016 7:06 PM
I love the legal profession's love of redundant terms. Such as "null and void."
I recently read about someone getting arrested for "lewd and lascivious conduct." Waiting for the defendant who tries to claim, "I was lewd, but I was not lascivious!"
Patrick at August 18, 2016 7:40 PM
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