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.
The rising violence comes ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week. He’ll meet Netanyahu, members of his new right-wing Israeli government and Palestinian leaders who have severed security cooperation over a military raid on the West Bank city of Jenin in which nine Palestinians were killed last week.
The government will debate the proposed new measures, Netanyahu told a weekly Cabinet meeting, as well as expanding and speeding up the licensing of weapons to thousands of Israeli citizens, also including the rescue services, he said, expanding on plans announced overnight.
