Opposition leader Yair Lapid told CNN the escalation in Judea and Samaria is due to 'Jewish terror,' which he called 'a disgrace to Israel.' In a direct quote from the interview, Lapid said he would bring 300 police and Border Police officers to deal with the settlers and questioned why the government is not taking harsher measures.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid told CNN on Wednesday that the escalation in Judea and Samaria is caused by 'Jewish terror,' which he called a disgrace to Israel. In a Hebrew quote from the interview, Lapid said he would bring 300 police and Border Police officers to deal with the settlers and questioned why the government is not taking harsher measures. The Zioneer earlier reported Lapid's remarks from the same interview at 11:15. This is the latest in a series of statements by Lapid criticizing the government's handling of security in Judea and Samaria, as The Zioneer has previously documented.
2 developments
- DevelopingYair Lapid says opposition will 'enlist everyone' to restore order in Israeli streets
- DevelopingLapid calls Jewish terror a 'disgrace'; Fleishman says statement endangers US Jews
- StrongNetanyahu condemns Israeli residents for 'criminal acts of violence' against Palestinians in Samaria
- DevelopingNetanyahu convened special security discussion on Judea and Samaria violence; recommendations submitted to expand arrests, impose fines
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