soldiers sealed the entrances to Khayri Alqam’s house, author of the attack having killed seven people on Friday, as well as that of the 13 -year -old adolescent who had injured two Israelis on Saturday close to the ramparts of the Old town.
mo12345lemonde with AFP
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu had promised a “strong” response on Saturday, January 28 and retaliatory measures “to the families of terrorists”. Sunday, January 29, Israeli soldiers sealed the entries of the house of Khayri Alqam, author of the attack having killed seven people on Friday, as well as that of the 13 -year -old adolescent who had injured two Israelis on Saturday in Silwan, two not the ramparts of the old town.
Israel had so far demolished the houses of Palestinians who kill Israelis. And this process went through notice to families and an appeal procedure. But in the case of Khayri Alqam, the house was quickly sealed without notice or appeal, a measure “taken in total disregard of the rule of law”, estimates Dani Shenhar, of the Israeli organization of human rights Hamoke.
For Israel, the demolition of the Palestinian houses accused of attacks has a deterrent effect, but the detractors of this practice denounce it as a collective punishment.
bill to revoke the cards of Identity
At the end of a meeting, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, the Israeli security firm also announced the revocation of social security rights of “families of terrorists who support terrorism”. He also pointed out that a bill to revoke “Israeli identity cards” of this same category of families would be discussed on Monday in the Council of Ministers.
These measures apply to Palestinians with Israeli nationality, such as Israeli Arabs, and to Palestinians with the status of residents of East Jerusalem. They comply with the proposals of the far -right political partners of Mr. Netanyahu.
The security firm has also decided to facilitate the obtaining of weapons for weapons for civilians.
“Death spiral”
Palestinian attacks in East Jerusalem, which were not claimed, took place after the death Thursday of ten Palestinians including fighters and a sixty-something, in an Israeli military raid in Jenine in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, the bloodiest of recent years.
And violence has not stopped since.
Sunday, Israeli security guards killed an 18 -year -old Palestinian near an Israeli colony in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian authorities. The army said it was armed. A Palestinian house and vehicle in the village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank were burned down.
According to the official Palestinian agency WAFA, one hundred and twenty cars were the target of stones launched by Israeli settlers and twenty-two stores were attacked in Nablus in the West Bank, Saturday evening.
Violence raises fears of a new gear and calls for restraint have multiplied from abroad. “The spiral of death that grows day after day extinguishes the rare lights of trust that exist between the two peoples,” deplored Pope Francis on Sunday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, after Cairo, is expected in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday and Tuesday to discuss measures for de -escalation. French President Emmanuel Macron has exhorted Israeli and Palestinians on Sunday to “avoid measures likely to feed the gear of violence”, according to a statement from the Elysée.