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Dichter to police: Demolish home of Jerusalem yeshiva terrorist
By Jonathan Lis and Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Mercaz Harav yeshiva 

Public Security Minister Avi Dichter instructed police on Wednesday to demolish the house belonging to the family of the Israeli Arab terrorist who gunned down eight yeshiva students in Jerusalem last Thursday.

The house is located in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber.

Following the order, police asked the Defense Ministry to examine the legality of the move, and to consider an alternative option of sealing the house.
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"I very much hope that in the end that legal establishment will allow us to carry out [the demolition], but without it, nothing can be done," Dichter said at a Knesset session.

Alaa Abu Dhaim, the gunman, killed seven teenage boys and one 26-year-old, as well as wounding nine others, when he burst into the Mercaz Harav seminary in Jerusalem's Kiryat Moshe neighborhood and opened fire in the library.

Dichter also said that police have not destroyed the mourning tent erected for the terrorist since the tent itself is not an offense, and "therefore no [law] enforcement is needed."

"I don't suppose the MKs want to live according to Jordanian law," he said, referring to Jordan's refusal last week to allow Abu Dhaim's family to erect a public mourning tent for him in Amman.

Dichter maintained that the police are acting according to authorized legal opinions, and not according to their desires and wishes. "Law enforcement is needed when the law is violated. The mourning tent was not taken down because according to the law it cannot be destroyed. I do not recommend interpreting the word 'identification' [with terror] in any other way than the law allows."

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      1.   Explain this 16:28  |  Ilan 12/03/08
      2.   Summary Punishment against innocents; The family committed no... 16:28  |  POP 12/03/08
      3.   Summary Punishment against innocents; The family committed no... 16:29  |  POP 12/03/08
      4.   ICAHD 16:55  |  E. Cohn 12/03/08
      5.   The Faters Being Punished for the Sins of the Sons 16:56  |  Yaakov Sullivan 12/03/08
      6.   This is Newsworthy 17:00  |  POP 12/03/08
      7.   Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17:02  |  POP 12/03/08
      8.   Our Land 17:02  |  Allon 12/03/08
      9.   Supporters of murder of Jews must be ousted, ok?? 17:02  |  POP 12/03/08
      10.   Sadism 17:08  |  Mark Lincoln 12/03/08
      11.   I`m confused, too 17:14  |  Aphemia 12/03/08
      12.   What would demolishing the house do? 17:19  |  Ben 12/03/08
      13.   Just Shut Up 17:23  |  SMART JEW 12/03/08
      14.   Equality under the law? 17:25  |  IsraeliArab 12/03/08
      15.   To ICAHD 17:31  |  Jurist 12/03/08
      16.   Home destruction 17:54  |  Avi 12/03/08
      17.   Collective punishment is a much beloved Israeli instituition 17:54  |  Natallie Durson 12/03/08
      18.   Did The British Destroy the Houses of IRA Bombers? 18:01  |  Yaakov Sullivan 12/03/08
      19.   POP 18:05  |  George 12/03/08
      20.   SHYLOCK LIVES ? 18:21  |  Arik Silverman 12/03/08
      21.   Typical Israeli Action 18:26  |  johnj 12/03/08
      22.   Curious Bystander 18:46  |  Joe 12/03/08
      23.   To Yaakov Sullivan 18:52  |  JT 12/03/08
      24.   That`s barbaric and against international law. 19:04  |  Dutch 12/03/08
      25.   Dichter shows his tribal instinct .... 19:06  |  Dutch 12/03/08
      26.   Spell out this law... 19:24  |  Esther 12/03/08
      27.   Same "justice" for jewish terorists next kin? 19:28  |  Saenger 12/03/08
      28.   Re #10, 18 British Mandate invented practice of demolishing homes 19:28  |  DJStahl 12/03/08
      29.   american people support 19:28  |  bri 12/03/08
      30.   # 17 Hey, Fatmah, long time no talk... 19:30  |  Misha 12/03/08
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      32.   JT from NZ What Are You Saying? 19:36  |  Yaakov Sullivan 12/03/08
      33.   If familiy committed crime too, why are they not arrested? 19:37  |  Avner 12/03/08
      34.   Demolishing family house? On what legal ground? 19:41  |  Dan 12/03/08
      35.   Thats why Dichter himself cannot travel to Europe 19:59  |  Rasta 12/03/08
      36.   make sure family inside when it`s done 20:13  |  DON 12/03/08
      37.   so 20:14  |  rm 12/03/08
      38.   #26 Esther: It will be easier to spell out what crime it is 20:38  |  JJ 12/03/08
      39.   bri 29 20:39  |  RAK 12/03/08
      40.   POP rightwinger zionist 20:59  |  sam i am 12/03/08
      41.   the ugly face of 21:24  |  scanadu 12/03/08
      42.   Insane and Selective Demolition 21:24  |  Steve 12/03/08
      43.   Dutch the criminal 21:38  |  judith 12/03/08
      44.   destroying homes 21:46  |  D Hirod 12/03/08
      45.   To yaakov & friends. Is the family guilty ? 21:50  |  Alatalena 12/03/08
      46.   to 42 Steve: Demolition or not ? 22:04  |  Altalena 12/03/08
      47.   to Steve #42 22:16  |  nina 12/03/08
      48.   Demolish home of Jerusalem yeshiva terrorist 22:19  |  Bruce 12/03/08
      49.   In muslim countries they would`ve all been lynched already 22:30  |  AAANGRY 12/03/08
      50.   Hey POP! 22:33  |  Order 12/03/08
      51.   to rak 39 22:36  |  bri 12/03/08
      52.   Home demolitions are not helpful 22:42  |  Li 12/03/08
      53.   Hypocracy at its worst 22:49  |  ChanahS 12/03/08
      54.   2 POP 22:50  |  POP`S POP 12/03/08
      55.   Natallie Durson 17 22:51  |  ChanahS 12/03/08
      56.   Re Bruce #48..."...those that love life..." 22:52  |  Esther 12/03/08
      57.   #5 Turncoat Sullivan - Of course the family was involved 22:52  |  * BEN JABO 12/03/08
      58.   To 52 Li. Security disaster 22:56  |  Altalena 12/03/08
      59.   ethnic cleansing 23:00  |  La Gye 12/03/08
      60.   Nina 23:06  |  Steve 12/03/08
      61.   No, Yakov Sullivan 23:08  |  JT 12/03/08
      62.   To 56 Esther. Love life & defend it if necessary 23:14  |  Altalena 12/03/08
      63.   burn the tent 23:24  |  frenz 12/03/08
      64.   Leftie Ester,why don`t you join some new Gujana Jones sect? 23:29  |  Absolute Sweden 12/03/08
      65.   answer to 18 Yaakov S 23:44  |  leo 12/03/08
      66.   # 28 dj stahl 23:50  |  Axel 12/03/08
      67.   #30 Misha--The Arab 23:56  |  George 12/03/08
      68.   Gee, the terror lovers are unusally nervous, lol? 00:01  |  Johnny 13/03/08
      69.   Baruch Goldstein 00:03  |  W 13/03/08
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      72.   # 57 ben jabber 00:13  |  Axel 13/03/08
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      74.   # 48 bruce 00:24  |  Axel 13/03/08
      75.   What has been achieved with hose demolitions? 00:59  |  Fortuna Benmayor 13/03/08
      76.   I do like the way the police reacted 01:02  |  Johnboy 13/03/08
      77.   #57 *BEN JABO finds them guilty without a trial 01:14  |  Johnboy 13/03/08
      78.   Did the boy own the house or is it pure revence? 01:21  |  Petteri 13/03/08
      79.   JOHNBOY did you like the way the Arabs reacted? Celebrations.joy 02:52  |  PETER SM 13/03/08
      80.   What a load of crap.... 03:41  |  betz55 13/03/08
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      82.   #74 Axel 04:21  |  Bruce 13/03/08
      83.   #47 Marvelous bit of rationalisation there, nina 04:22  |  Johnboy 13/03/08
      84.   USEFUL idiots weep over Arab building but not murdered students 04:29  |  PETER SM 13/03/08
      85.   #14 Very true, IsraeliArab 04:29  |  Johnboy 13/03/08
      86.   Dichter is the Barbarian at the Gate 04:35  |  Dutch 13/03/08
      87.   What has been achieved with hose demolitions? - Fortuna 04:39  |  Mark Lincoln 13/03/08
      88.   #84 Have you EVER heard of the Rule of Law, PETER SM? 06:22  |  Johnboy 13/03/08
      89.   #79 PETER SM, an analogy might be in order 07:02  |  Johnboy 13/03/08
      90.   Demolish House 08:07  |  Dan 13/03/08
      91.   Knee-jerk reaction 10:06  |  Sylvie 13/03/08
      92.   # 82 bruce 10:49  |  Axel 13/03/08
      93.   # 84 petersm 10:52  |  Axel 13/03/08
      94.   Slowman dozes, which makes posting here tedious, but 13:35  |  sh 13/03/08
      95.   Jeremiah 31:29-31 14:16  |  AliciaYasmeen 13/03/08
      96.   Where would you like to go today? 15:14  |  Child 13/03/08
      97.   Demolishing homes in the 21st century? 17:05  |  Michael 13/03/08
      98.   #13 smart Jew YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17:07  |  petra 13/03/08
      99.   #1 Explain this 18:09  |  Jeff 13/03/08
      100.   Unfit for habitation 18:23  |  Dave 13/03/08
      101.   #90 Demolish House 18:38  |  Greg 13/03/08
      102.   What are these people being charged with? 18:47  |  Outsider 13/03/08
      103.   To # 10 Mark Lincoln 18:47  |  Born near Lidice 13/03/08
      104.   priorities in the wrong order 19:18  |  zionist forever 13/03/08
      105.   #78 Petteri 19:29  |  Bruce 13/03/08
      106.   #92 Axel 19:39  |  Dennis 13/03/08
      107.   #16 Avi, the message sent: Israel is a fascist state 19:39  |  Ben Alofs 13/03/08
      108.   # 105 dennis 21:25  |  Axel 13/03/08
      109.   bri 51 21:30  |  RAK 13/03/08
      110.   # 16 avi 21:32  |  Axel 13/03/08
      111.   #77 Johnboy - 23:21  |  * BEN JABO 13/03/08
      112.   # 108 ben jabber 00:52  |  Axel 14/03/08
      113.   #77 BEN JABO wants the STATE to mimic the TERRORIST 00:57  |  Johnboy 14/03/08
      114.   #109 Axel - Did you consult Kurt first 03:14  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      115.   #110 Johnboy - I said it all 03:21  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      116.   #77-2 JOHNBOY - You forgot something!!! 03:24  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      117.   #112 And you SAID IT WRONG, BEN JABO 04:06  |  Johnboy 14/03/08
      118.   #113 BEN JABO 04:08  |  Johnboy 14/03/08
      119.   #109 Axel - My Sauerkraut -I forgot to mention 04:27  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      120.   #114 Johnboy - you never will understand 05:33  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      121.   #115 Johnboy - I reposted it a number of times 05:36  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      122.   #119 BEN keeps talking to himself 08:14  |  Johnboy 14/03/08
      123.   #120 BEN JABO proves one thing..... 08:20  |  Johnboy 14/03/08
      124.   #118 I find it usually pays to follow the threads, BEN 08:30  |  Johnboy 14/03/08
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      126.   ben jabber, Germany, and terrorist prosecution 12:05  |  Axel 14/03/08
      127.   ben jabber and believing 12:12  |  Axel 14/03/08
      128.   #122 Axel - Old sourkraut 16:57  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      129.   #123 Axel - you sourkraut 17:00  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
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