The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the petition submitted by the parents of Muhammad Abu-Khdeir and ruled that the houses of the murderers of the Arab teen will not be demolished.
Abu-Khdeir, 16, was murdered by Jewish extremists in a revenge killing for the kidnapping and murder of 3 Israeli teenagers by Hamas terrorists in 2014.
Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein wrote in the ruling: "It is possible to understand the feeling's of the victim's family, which submitted the petition. However, we are dealing with deterrent and punitive measures. It should be remembered that a legal process was conducted against the perpetrators. They were convicted and sentenced to very harsh prison sentences."
Two of Abu-Khdeir's killers received life sentences, while a third killer received a sentence of 21 years in prison.
Justice Rubenstein added that home demolitions were not necessary as a deterrent against future acts of murder against innocent Arabs, as the crime was widely condemned throughout Israeli society and the perpetrators represent "a minority within a minority within a minority."