MK Ravitz: Evacuating Outposts is Collective Punishment
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MK Avraham Ravitz (UTJ) harshly criticized Defense Minister Amir Peretz for his stated intention of evacuating four outposts because of “lawbreakers from them who attack Palestinians, children, and soldiers”.
Ravitz said today that he didn’t understand Peretz. “Why aren’t the criminals punished and brought to justice? Instead we act like a backwards country and use collective punishment.”
According to Ravitz, outposts should only be evacuated by a decision of the Prime Minister and only after dialog with the evacuees.
“Doing it this way, where you take down four outposts because there are criminals in them makes the whole think look like an act of revenge or an emotional outburst, which is not what should guide us”, said Ravitz.
