26.11.2014|Court Documents|Petition to HCJ

HCJ 8025/14 - Akari et al. v. GOC Home Front Command Petition for Order Nisi and Interim Order

HaMoked's petition against the military's intended punitive demolition of the family home of the assailant in the ramming attack at the Jerusalem light-rail station. HaMoked asserts that punitive house demolition is nothing but unacceptable and prohibited collective punishment, contrary to international law and Israel's basic legal principle that a person must not be punished for another person's actions. The main sufferers from this cruel policy are the occupants of the demolished houses and not the alleged offenders, who, in most cases, have already been imprisoned or killed. HaMoked also claims that a rational link between the demolition of the house and deterrence has not been proven.