Israel jails pair in crackdown on Jewish extremists
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Israel intensified its crackdown on Jewish extremists yesterday, jailing two high-profile radicals for six months without charge and arresting additional suspects in West Bank settlement outposts, Israeli security authorities said.
The crackdown comes after a July 31 firebomb attack on a Palestinian home in the West Bank that killed an 18-month-old boy and severely wounded his parents and brother. The boy’s father died of his wounds Saturday.
Authorities called the arson attack an act of “Jewish terrorism,” and Israel’s Security Cabinet approved the use of harsh measures to combat the trend, including administrative detention, which allows Israel to hold suspects for lengthy periods without charge. The measure has been mainly used against Palestinians suspected of plotting attacks.
Meir Ettinger, grandson of the late US-born ultranationalist Rabbi Meir Kahane, and Eviatar Slonim, another Jewish extremist, were placed under administrative detention yesterday for suspected involvement in an extremist Jewish organization, the office of Israel’s Defense Minister said.
The two, who are in their early 20s, were arrested last week. Another suspected Jewish extremist, Mordechai Mayer, was placed under six-month administrative detention last week.
Israeli human rights activists criticized the use of administrative detention, calling it as a draconian measure to appease an Israeli public shocked at the firebomb attack.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has accused Ettinger of leading an extremist Jewish movement responsible for encouraging attacks on Palestinian property and Christian holy sites.
Israeli authorities also carried out arrest raids yesterday in two West Bank settlement outposts.
A police spokeswoman would not say whether the arrests were linked to the arson attack.
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