Israel to punish Jews who celebrated Sharon's death

Israeli minister of internal security, Yitzhak Aharonovitch has ordered the regime's police on Sunday to investigate public placards expressing satisfaction and joy at the death of former prime minister Ariel Sharon.

Such notices were reportedly posted in several Jewish religious schools following Sharon’s death on Saturday.

One message plastered on a bulletin board at the Torat HaChaim center in the religious community of Yad Binyamin in central Israel read: “A hearty congratulations for Ariel Sharon upon his demise.”

“This conduct is contemptible and I will not stand for it,” Aharonovitch said in a statement. “I view such criminal actions very severely and I have asked police officials to handle the issue swiftly and professionally.”

Police said they would set up a joint team to review such cases and to decide upon further legal action where appropriate.

These Jews are angry at Sharon's withdrawl from Gaza in 2005.

On Saturday an Israeli parliament member Orit Strock of the nationalist-Orthodox Jewish Home Party said God should be praised for removing Sharon from office before he could uproot more West Bank settlements as he had uprooted the ones in Gaza.