Israel looks at demolition of Palestinian attackers' homes

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli authorities on Thursday were considering demolishing the home of a Palestinian man who went on a bulldozer rampage in Jerusalem and killed three people before he was shot dead.

While a previous military inquiry found that the practice was ineffectual, much of the political establishment has come out in favour of destroying the house of any Jerusalem Palestinian who conducts attacks in Israel.

"Following a request by the government, Attorney General Menahem Mazuz will look today into the legal problems that might be involved in demolishing the houses in east Jerusalem," justice spokesman Moshe Cohen told AFP.

Israeli law distinguishes between Arab east Jerusalem, which Israel annexed after the 1967 Middle East war, and the rest of...