Two suits have been filed in the Supreme Court against the relocation of 18 terrorists from Judea and Samaria to Gaza - one of them by the terrorists themselves, and one claiming that the move will endanger Israeli citizens.
The IDF issued the deportation orders two weeks ago, convinced that this would be the best way to ensure that the terrorists not return to their lethal activities. The army did not wish to put them on trial, so as not to have to divulge its intelligence sources, and preferred to relocate them to an area where they were "unknown," so as to minimize the chances that they would quickly become integrated in another terrorist network.
Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, however, who heads the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, maintains that the relocation would "not lessen the danger to Israeli citizens, but rather the opposite." Gaza is a hothouse of terrorism, the Israel Law Center explains, "controlled by Hamas and Islamic Jihad... which will accept the detainees into their organizational structure with open arms."
Ironically, the terrorists also are appealing the decision to the Supreme Court, and are likely to encounter Atty. Darshan-Leitner there on Sunday taking a similar position to theirs - though for contrary reasons.
The Law Center says that Israel should learn from its mistake of 11 years ago:
"In 1992, when 412 Hamas activists were deported to Lebanon, Hizbullah adopted them and taught them the philosophy of jihad [holy war] and martyrdom. They then became the leaders of Hamas when they returned to Israel, and they planned and ordered the wave of suicide attacks that swept the country since 1994. With the knowledge they gained during their exile in Lebanon, they formed the wide-ranging infrastructure of Hamas today, and they are directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and the wounding of many thousands."
The Law Center further notes that Israel should learn from the United States, which continues to detain hundreds of Taliban members who were arrested during the war in Afghanistan almost two years ago: "The U.S. is holding them under administrative detention conditions, 10,000 kilometers from their families, and will not free them until the terror threat is removed from its citizens. This is the way the State of Israel should act as well."
The IDF issued the deportation orders two weeks ago, convinced that this would be the best way to ensure that the terrorists not return to their lethal activities. The army did not wish to put them on trial, so as not to have to divulge its intelligence sources, and preferred to relocate them to an area where they were "unknown," so as to minimize the chances that they would quickly become integrated in another terrorist network.
Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, however, who heads the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, maintains that the relocation would "not lessen the danger to Israeli citizens, but rather the opposite." Gaza is a hothouse of terrorism, the Israel Law Center explains, "controlled by Hamas and Islamic Jihad... which will accept the detainees into their organizational structure with open arms."
Ironically, the terrorists also are appealing the decision to the Supreme Court, and are likely to encounter Atty. Darshan-Leitner there on Sunday taking a similar position to theirs - though for contrary reasons.
The Law Center says that Israel should learn from its mistake of 11 years ago:
"In 1992, when 412 Hamas activists were deported to Lebanon, Hizbullah adopted them and taught them the philosophy of jihad [holy war] and martyrdom. They then became the leaders of Hamas when they returned to Israel, and they planned and ordered the wave of suicide attacks that swept the country since 1994. With the knowledge they gained during their exile in Lebanon, they formed the wide-ranging infrastructure of Hamas today, and they are directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and the wounding of many thousands."
The Law Center further notes that Israel should learn from the United States, which continues to detain hundreds of Taliban members who were arrested during the war in Afghanistan almost two years ago: "The U.S. is holding them under administrative detention conditions, 10,000 kilometers from their families, and will not free them until the terror threat is removed from its citizens. This is the way the State of Israel should act as well."