Orders to seal three terrorists' homes struck down by high court
Only the home of the central culprit in the September 2015 murder of Alexander Levlovich will be demolished. One other attacker's home will be sealed.
Justice Esther Hayut stated, "The administrative evidence and the indictment show that the three are considered associated with the killing offense due to their presence during the incident, the stones they threw at other cars passing by, and (their) passing stones to Dawiyat. And still, no one is disputing that the throwing of the lethal stone is associated only to Dawiyat, who was standing – as stated – on a traffic island and threw it from a very short distance, while the others stood farther away."
She continued, "Even if you can see the three as associated with the inner circle of the killing offense, and I am not giving an opinion on that matter, the administrative evidence which have been detailed, as well as the indictment, show that their part in the incident was much smaller than Dawiyat's."
Justice Uzi Fogelman added that "The demolition of a person's home – even with the option of differing from this – and the same goes for its confiscation and sealing, greatly harms the rights of their family members, who did no wrong." He believed that Dawiyat's home should not be sealed either, and that other options, such as only sealing his room, should be explored.
The Levlovich responded to the ruling by saying, "We are disappointed. It's absurd that the same body that determined that sealing and demolishing homes are deterrent tools would make a ruling to not seal the homes of all of our father's murderers. The state of Israel is shedding responsibility for its citizens' security. Not making proper use of deterrent tools will not prevent the next attack."
Over 230 Palestinian terrorists have attempted to kill Israelis during the current wave of violence, but so far, only the homes of 11 of them have been demolished.
