Israel admits right-wing violence works
http://972mag.com/israel-admits-right-wing-violence-works/113622/
The State of Israel just validated the very concept of price tag violence, which Israel officials have often described but never legally defined as terrorism.
The state on Tuesday asked the High Court of Justice to delay the court ordered demolition of a West Bank synagogue built on stolen Palestinian land. The states main argument in asking for the extension, which the court begrudgingly granted, went as follows: Police believe that demolishing the building is likely to lead to violent acts by extremist right-wing actors against Arabs and Muslim religious symbols. (Hebrew)
In other words: we do not want to enforce the law because we are afraid the criminals will punish us for it. Or, in even clearer and scarier words: we have accepted that terrorists will make us pay a price for carrying out pre-declared, court-ordered, and government sanctioned duties.
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What happened in the settlement of Givat Zeev this morning? A group of people openly declared their readiness to use violence in order to resist the demolition of a building built on stolen land, and convinced the police and the government of the State of Israel to declare that they are too scared to enforce the law.