(Ha'aretz) Gilad Erdan - According to an editorial in Ha'aretz, delaying the burials of the bodies of Palestinian terrorists is "unnecessary abuse" and "collective punishment." Yet the reason for the delay is to prevent the funerals from turning into mass demonstrations of incitement, provoking young people who take part and hear the songs of praise for the martyr to join the circle of terrorism themselves. Moreover, many funerals have descended into riots and clashes with the security forces, ending in deaths. Families that agreed to hold small-scale funerals, adhering to all the rules of ritual and religion without turning the burials into inflammatory demonstrations, received the bodies of their sons without delay. The writer is Israel's minister of public security.
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