Sa’ar says he supports legislation to deport relatives of terrorists

Gideon Sa’ar, who recently joined the coalition as a minister without portfolio, announces his support for controversial legislation that would deport terrorists’ relatives who are Israeli citizens, stating that “when a family has knowledge of the intention to carry out an attack and they do nothing, there is full moral justification to treat them in the most severe manner.”

“Israel is a democracy — but a democracy that faces security challenges that no other democratic country faces, and this obligates all of us,” he states at his New Hope party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset.

“New and effective measures must be taken to deal with domestic terrorism,” he says, arguing that “the very concept of citizenship is not consistent with either an act of treason against the country, or with terrorism directed against its citizens.”

Turning to the issue of the ultra-Orthodox enlistment bill, Sa’ar states that he will “only support a bill that makes significant changes to the current situation and provides for the needs of the IDF.”