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Related: About this forumIsrael Approves Construction Of 42 Units In West Bank Settlement Home To Slain 13-Year-Old
Sources say Israel has also decided to set up a special graveyard for Palestinian terrorists killed during attacks, thus avoiding the need to return their bodies to their families.Barak Ravid Jul 02, 2016 9:27 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday approved the construction of 42 housing units in the West Bank settlement in which a 13-year-old girl was killed in her bedroom.
The tender was published a year and a half ago but was frozen after no contractors applied. The bidding process is now re-opened.
Sources in the Prime Ministers Office said that after a number of meetings in recent weeks on the topic it was decided Israel would set up a graveyard for Palestinian terrorists, and thus avoid returning their bodies to their families.
Israel has been reluctant to return the bodies of alleged assailants, citing fears their funeral processions would turn violent and glorify acts of terror.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.728476
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Israel Approves Construction Of 42 Units In West Bank Settlement Home To Slain 13-Year-Old (Original Post)
Purveyor
Jul 2016
OP
Do you think that building new settlements is an appropriate response to terrorism? n/t
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#4
Ford_Prefect
(8,198 posts)1. Here we go again...
6chars
(3,967 posts)2. cold blooded murder vs constructing an apartment building
some see these as morally equivalent. not me.
here is the difference. the first one of them is murder.
EU and UN "Israeli construction of apartments and Palestinian cold-blooded murder of Jews are both impediments to peace."
Violet_Crumble
(36,139 posts)3. Netanyahu sees some equivalence
In the article the claim is that constructing an apartment building is strengthening Israels defences after the murder. That's a definite WTF??? Moment.
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)4. Do you think that building new settlements is an appropriate response to terrorism? n/t
6chars
(3,967 posts)5. No -- but human life is of greater importance than construction.