Former MK Elyakim HaEtzni, today an attorney living in Kiryat Arba, has accused the Israeli Supreme Court of facilitating the murders of Rabbi Elnatan Horowitz and his wife Dina by issuing a restraining order precluding the demolition of an Arab home adjacent to the Kiryat Arab security fence.
HaEtzni contends that the Supreme Court values Arab property over Jewish lives. “The court is not living in this country, but on another planet,” HaEtzni told Israeli daily “Yediyot Aharonot”. “The judges of the Supreme Court are living at Yale University,” he said.
“The problem is very simple. We have a ‘smart’ fence that provides deterrence. But if the home that was attacked is located only 15 meters from such a fence, what kind of deterrence does that provide?” he asked.
“If another fence is not set up, so that a terrorist has to go 500 meters [before reaching the town], they any fence has no real value,” he said. “There is a need for two fences with a sterile area between them,” he added.
HaEtzni explained that adding a second fence will adversely affect Arab owners of a nearby olive grove. “But we have to decide whether it’s our lives or their olives. I know an Arab family, the Dana’s, who own houses adjacent to the fence. We were once good friends, but now we’ve got to remove them,” said HaEtzni.
HaEtzni emphasized that more severe measures must be taken in order to protect Jewish lives. “Arab families can be compensated [for their property] with Arafat’s money. We cannot sit back and be killed at such a rate,” he said.
HaEtzni added that in order for Israel not to surrender to terrorism, Kiryat Arba must grow in size. “The Zionist response” to the murder of Jews says HaEtzni, “is more caravans on the hilltops.”
HaEtzni contends that the Supreme Court values Arab property over Jewish lives. “The court is not living in this country, but on another planet,” HaEtzni told Israeli daily “Yediyot Aharonot”. “The judges of the Supreme Court are living at Yale University,” he said.
“The problem is very simple. We have a ‘smart’ fence that provides deterrence. But if the home that was attacked is located only 15 meters from such a fence, what kind of deterrence does that provide?” he asked.
“If another fence is not set up, so that a terrorist has to go 500 meters [before reaching the town], they any fence has no real value,” he said. “There is a need for two fences with a sterile area between them,” he added.
HaEtzni explained that adding a second fence will adversely affect Arab owners of a nearby olive grove. “But we have to decide whether it’s our lives or their olives. I know an Arab family, the Dana’s, who own houses adjacent to the fence. We were once good friends, but now we’ve got to remove them,” said HaEtzni.
HaEtzni emphasized that more severe measures must be taken in order to protect Jewish lives. “Arab families can be compensated [for their property] with Arafat’s money. We cannot sit back and be killed at such a rate,” he said.
HaEtzni added that in order for Israel not to surrender to terrorism, Kiryat Arba must grow in size. “The Zionist response” to the murder of Jews says HaEtzni, “is more caravans on the hilltops.”