Death penalty bill: The end justifies the means
Op-ed: Michal Salomon, who lost her husband, father-in-law and
sister-in-law in the Halamish terror attack says her quest for death penalty
for terrorists isn't driven by revenge but by the need to prevent the next
murder.
Michal
Salomon|Published: 01.05.18 , 23:44
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(L-R) Yosef, Elad and
Chaya Salomon who were stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in the
Halamish settlement on July 21, 2017. (Courtesy)
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Five and a
half months have passed since we joined the bereavement family. It's not a long
time, but it seems like forever.
During this
time, I have gotten to know people and met families who were just like me not
so long ago—whole and happy families, until fate took over.
Today, after
personally experiencing terror, I think and believe the death penalty is the
proper response to a terrorist who took someone's life. A man who got up in the
morning and turned into a murderer won't go back to being a human being.
I am here in
the name of the people and families who don’t know they're about to join the
bereavement family. The quest for a death penalty isn't driven by revenge, but
by the need to prevent the next murder. After all, no punishment will return
our loved ones.
We have been
waging a daily war on terror, on despicable people who sanctify death for the
sake of respect and money, for a long time now. In this war, we must use every
single tool at our disposal. The end justifies the means.
After the
shocking murder of Yossi, Chaya and Elad, may God avenge their blood, I was
certain the earth would move and something would change. I was certain anything
would be done to prevent the next murder. Unfortunately, we weren't the last
ones.
We must do
everything in our power to restore deterrence. In addition to the death penalty
bill which passed its preliminary reading at the Knesset on Wednesday, it's time
to completely destroy terrorists' homes and revoke their citizenship. Every
means of deterrence preserves the sanctity of life. By harming our means of
deterrence, we are forfeiting human life.
Michal Salomon lost her husband Elad, her
father-in-law Yossi and her sister-in-law Chaya in the Halamish terror attack.
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A woman holds up a sign with ‘Too many terrorists in prison’ written on
one side and ‘Kill them all’ written on the other during a rally in Tel Aviv on
April 19, 2016 to support Elor Azaria. (Photo: Jack Guez/AFP)
[PHOTO SOURCE: http://mondoweiss.net/2017/08/israelis-palestinian-attackers/] |
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