To Gaza? This counts as "exile?"
The Israeli army said on Friday its forces, operating near the West Bank city of Nablus, destroyed the homes of al-Din Assidi of Hamas and Ali Ahmad al-Ajouri of Fatah and detained relatives of both men.
... "Why are the Israelis punishing the fathers for the actions of their sons," asked Adnan a-Sayfi, mayor the village of Tel, where a home belonging to Assidi's father, Mustafa, was destroyed in what witnesses described as a thunderous blast.
... In a sign of popular support in Israel for tougher measures to stop suicide bombings, the country's leading dove, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, came out in favour of using exile as a weapon.
Asked if he supported such a measure, he told Israel Radio: "As far as I know, it has undergone legal scrutiny, and if legally possible, yes."
True, not all parents of suicide bombers encourage and indoctrinate their children to commit terrorist attacks... but many do, and revel in their childrens' deaths. So why not make them pay a little price. And it is only little. It's not like Israel is proposing to send them to Siberia.
Indeed, unnamed IDF sources (whatever that means) confirm this is all about making people pay a price:
An Israeli security source said the demolitions were "meant to make clear to terrorists that there is a price to be paid for their actions and to try to prevent more terrorist attacks".
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