Naftali Bennett
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Minister urges for immediate security cabinet meeting
Naftali Bennett has called on the prime minister to bring forward Saturday night's meeting to Friday: 'The terrorists don't observe the Sabbath."
Following the recent increase in terrorist attacks against Israelis on Thursday and Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Friday afternoon, following the shooting attack at an Israeli family in their car in the south West Bank, on the Security Cabinet to convene on Saturday night at 10:00pm, following the end of the Jewish Sabbath. Minister of Education Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) disagreed with the prime minister and called for the Cabinet to meet on Friday night.
Even though Bennett is himself religious, he still held that it was important for the Cabinet to meet as soon as possible, even though the Sabbath is to begin on Friday at sundown. He said, "The terrorists don't observe the Sabbath."
In fact, according to the education minister, he already asked twice on Thursday night for Netanyahu to convene the Cabinet. "The lack of a serious response following an attack leads to another attack," Bennett explained.
Friday afternoon's shooting attack (Photo: Har Hevron Regional Council)
Before the prime minister announced that Cabinet was to convene, Minister of Transportation and Road Safety, Intelligence and Atomic Energy Yisrael Katz (Likud) called for Netanyahu to convene the Security Cabinet to decide on the necessary steps to take against the growing trend of Palestinian terrorism.
Said the minister, "We must understand that we are in an all-out war and act accordingly. We must declare a state of emergency, promote legislation that will enable the expulsion of terrorists' families and implement serious measures against inciters and those who support terrorism."
