Israel Mulls Punishing Attacker Families, Arming More Civilians
- Policy aimed at Palestinian relatives who support violence
- Netanyahu also mulls boost to settlements after deadly attacks
The debris of the house of Rateb Hatab Shukairat, after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers, in Jabal Mukaber on Jan. 29.
Photographer: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images
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Israel may penalize the families of Palestinian attackers by revoking identity cards and residency if they support the violence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, after a deadly shooting near a synagogue escalated some of the bloodiest inter-communal violence in years.