Minister of the Interior Ayelet Shaked this morning (Wednesday) appealed to Minister of Internal Security Amr Bar-Lev, with a request to deport the relatives of the terrorist who carried out the stampede attack on the Promenade of the Governor’s Palace in Jerusalem in January 2017, Fadi al-Kanbar, in which four IDF soldiers were murdered, later The minister’s answer arrived a few hours later.
Bar-Lev returned the responsibility to Shaked and even admonished her that this was first in her area of responsibility, “The Population and Immigration Authority officials subordinate to you must first inform the subjects of their obligation to leave the country, as long as the subjects do not comply with this obligation, the Israel Police will act to implement the decision,” Bar wrote -heart.
“to deter potential terrorists”
As mentioned, this morning Shaked wrote to Bar-Lev that the seven members of the family whose status was revoked have no legal reason to stay in Israel, and as long as they are in its territory, they are staying illegally and must be deported in accordance with the Law on Entry into Israel. “While these things apply to any illegal resident, in this case it is especially important to remove them immediately in order to achieve the purpose of the decision and the verdict – to deter potential terrorists from committing similar acts.”
“In this tense security period, the urgency of the action takes on new significance, since our duty towards the citizens of the State of Israel is to act with all the tools at our disposal in order to protect the public in the face of the murderous terrorism that threatens to rear its head.”