Public Security Minister Avi Dichter (Kadima) has ordered the police to destroy the home of the terrorist who murdered eight yeshiva students last Thursday night. The order came after six days of deliberations and legal questions.
The Kadima minister told the Knesset earlier in the day that the law allows tearing down the house only if there is proof that the residence serves as a base for terror. Likud MK Gideon Saar scoffed at the delay, pointing out the terrorist's father also has been arrested and that posters praising the killer adorn the mourning tent at the home. Jordan prohibited the establishment of a mourning tent in its country for the terrorist, but Israel allowed the eastern Jerusalem tent to remain standing.