On the heels of the High Court’s decision to approve the demolition of the house of the man who was indicted for killing off-duty policeman Baruch Mizrahi, MK Miri Regev (Likud) urges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the IDF to demolish the homes of Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha, suspected of kidnapping and killing Gil-ad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Fraenkel.
“I call on the prime minister and the IDF to immediately demolish the homes of the terrorists and their families, and those of all those who took part, directly or indirectly, in the heinous kidnapping and murder of the teens,” says Regev.
A poster of Amer Abu Aysha hangs on the door inside his family home in Hebron, in the West Bank, which was bombed by IDF overnight, July 1, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Drawing on her experience as a spokeswoman in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, Regev says that though home demolitions are “painful” steps for terrorists’ families, they are also powerful deterrents, as they encourage the families to turn their relatives in — thereby preventing many attacks.
“We must resume using this important tool in our war against terror,” Regev says.
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