Benjamin Netanyahu Vows ‘Harsh Offensive’ on Palestinian Violence

By Published on October 5, 2015

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, promised a “harsh offensive” against Palestinian violence as he flew home from New York to confront an escalating crisis that has seen four Israelis killed in two attacks on the occupied West Bank and in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Amid an unprecedented closure of the Old City to all Palestinians not resident there, thousands of largely ultra-orthodox Jewish mourners gathered in Jerusalem to bury the most recent victims, a rabbi and an off-duty soldier, who were stabbed to death in the Old City on Saturday night.

Ahead of a meeting with security officials on Sunday to decide his response, Netanyahu vowed a “harsh offensive on Palestinian Islamic terror”, according to a statement posted on his Facebook page. He added: “We are in an all-out war against terror.”

After the meeting Netanyahu said he had ordered “additional steps to deter terror and punish terrorists.” He said that includes “fast-tracking the razing of terrorists’ homes”, strengthening security in Jerusalem and the West Bank and “banning those that incite [violence] from the Old City and the Temple Mount”.

The latest spike in violence comes at a time when many Palestinians no longer believe statehood through negotiations with Israel is possible.

Read the article “Benjamin Netanyahu Vows ‘Harsh Offensive’ on Palestinian Violence” on theguardian.com.

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