Ilana
<<Before somebody else would add this - suicide bombers' families, most
probably, *would* lose their homes. It's Israeli policy to blow or to seal
such homes whenever possible.>>
Jeoren wrote
<<You have a brother in the Israeli military, right? Assume he kills a
Palestinian. How would you feel if the Palestinian Authority would blow up
*your* house in retaliation for what your brother did?>>
My brother is reservist, like most Israeli men ages 21-50. He is too old for
fighting unit - he is in rescue unit now. I rather he kills Palestinian,
than Palestinian kills him (funny me).
<<How are they compensated? Does Israel provide them with a new house they
can move into immediately after their first house is destroyed? Or do they
receive some money to build a new house, and have to live in a tent in a
refugee camp till the construction is finished? Or perhaps, does Israel
evict an Israeli settler family and give the house to the Palestinian family
whose home was destroyed? Nah, probably not...>>
Excuse me, we have our signals crossed here. Israel is not compensating
families of murderers. Saddam Hussein does. At the other hand, I think I
mentioned this before - if the terrorist was Israeli citizen he is "victim
of terrorism", thus his family is getting financial support from the state
(because our government too busy to change the law).
Ilana from Israel
