Lieberman: Leftists should do soul searching in wake of Itamar massacre

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called on party leaders, leftists, human rights organizations and publicists to do "some sould searching" in the wake of the apprehension of the perpetrators of the Itamar massacre.

"Those who rush to condemn the settlers and the settlements and to turn public opinion against them, should do some soul searching," he said during a meeting with the Japanese ambassador to Israel, Haruhisa Takeuchi. "I expect every single one of them to condemn the murder to the fullest extent." During the meeting Takeuchi thanked Lieberman for the aid Israel sent Japan following last month's earthquake. (Ronen Medzini)