Asher Schechter : Immoral, ineffective: Destroying terrorists' homes is nothing but empty revenge
http://www.haaretz.com/…/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.627383 Immoral, ineffective: Destroying terrorists' homes is nothing but empty revenge - Diplomacy and... The IDF has largely accepted the view that such collective punishment is inefficient - so why is Israel is re-instituting house demolitions? Well, for one: nothing else... haaretz.com House demolitions. Are they actually deterring future terrorists? And, if not, what need do they serve? On Wednesday night, Israel’s security forces demolished the East Jerusalem home of Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi, the Palestinian who committed last month’s car attack in Jerusalem that claimed the lives of an Israeli woman and a three-month old baby (and ended his own). As reported in Haaretz, al-Shaludi’s family members received a notice last week informing them of the IDF’s intention to destroy the house. Last night, security forces cleared the entire building before gutting the fourt