Closely following the funeral of Binyamin Achimeir, who was murdered on Friday by terrorists as he tended to sheep outside the village of Malachei Hashalom in Binyamin, two Jewish residents of nearby communities were arrested on suspicion of participating in violent protests after the murder.
Advocates Nati Rom and Daniel Shimshilashvili from the Honenu organization represent the detainees, one of whom is a minor. Rom stated: “While the boy’s murderers are still running free and have not yet been caught, the Shin Bet, in a show arrest, chooses to arrest two settlers who live near the place of the murder and accuse them of attacking Arabs. The settlers completely deny the suspicions attributed to them.”
To make matters worse, today, Police and the Civil Administration showed up at the Achimeirs’ farm and started taking steps to dismantle the place – while his family was sitting Shiva. The demolition order was executed by Central Command Commander Yehuda Fox, currently the most loathed IDF officer in Judea and Samaria. Local residents wondered and commented: “How are his hands not shaking? Binyamin’s blood is not yet dry and only yesterday evening we buried him, awash in our tears. Does he really have no limits in the war he is waging against the settlement?”
Both the Shin Bet and Civil Administration need to concentrate on the real threats and the real enemies. We fail to see what these “show arrests” and housing demolitions accomplish politically, especially during a time of brutal war and ongoing terror attacks against the Jewish Nation State. We don’t believe that this is how a sovereign nation should be conducting itself.