Israel Matzav

MK's urge halt to negotiations, terrorist releases

In light of Saturday night's terror attack on the Jewish village of Psagot, a number of Knesset members are calling for 'negotiations' with the 'Palestinians' and the release of terrorists from Israeli prisons to be suspended.

Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon on Saturday urged Israeli peace negotiators to rethink current talks with their Palestinian counterparts, following the shooting of an Israeli child in the West Bank.

He insisted that the Saturday shooting of a nine-year-old girl in the settlement of Psagot proves "those who support terrorism" can not be trusted partners in peace.

He then vowed to catch the alleged Palestinian shooter, saying "If a person shoots a nine-year-old girl, their blood is on their own head."

"We must put an end to hypocrisy of the Palestinian leadership," Danon added.

Meanwhile, Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely said "The rise in terrorist attacks requires Israel to stop negotiations".

"This is a result of the Palestinian Authority's system of incitement and two-faced policy. On the one hand, they say they want peace, and on the other hand they incite against Israel."

According to Hotovely, "nothing has changed since Arafat; there was no partner and there is no partner for peace."

Knesset Finance Committee chairman Nissan Slomiansky (Bayit Yehudi) called the terrorist attack "further proof that continuing negotiations with the Palestinian Authority from a position of weakness brings more terror."

Slomiansky called for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon to form am aggressive policy to stop terror, and wished the injured girl a speedy recovery.MK Yoni Shetboun (Bayit Yehudi) called for a military operation "to bring back Israel's deterrence" after recent terror attacks.

There are two problems here. One is that none of the critics is a minister, and the ministers who are opposed (if any) are afraid to speak up because they are afraid that Netanyahu will fire them like Ariel Sharon did to ministers who opposed the Gaza expulsion.  Second, if these MK's were serious, they would start absenting themselves from no confidence votes and make Netanyahu scramble for votes.

Someone please remind me again how many MK's from the 'Right' are in this government.....

Labels: Ariel Sharon, Binyamin Netanyahu, Gaza expulsion, Middle East peace process, negotiations without preconditions, Palestinian terrorism, Samaria, unilateral concessions

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:24 AM