Return of attackers' bodies draws MKs' criticism

The Knesset House Committee comes out swinging following the news that the government reached a deal to release two bodies of Palestinian terrorists for burial as early as tonight.

The panel sends a communique to the government calling on it to rethink the move and calls it a “prize” for Arab MKs who attended a meeting with families of attackers and stood for a moment of silence in solidarity, drawing ire from nearly the full range of the Israeli political spectrum.

“The government suggests laws, but turns around and give these Arab MKs a prize for intermediating in the matter. That’s insane,” the communique reads, according to Ynet news.

On Sunday, the government proposed a law allowing a supermajority of 90 Knesset members to boot fellow MKs for unethical behavior, seen as a way of punishing Arab lawmakers who seem to side with the Palestinian cause.