Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor) told reporters Wednesday that "you can foresee already" that "we are going to start getting rockets in Ramle," which is adjacent to the city Of Lod and near Ben Gurion Airport.

The minister has been in the forefront of dovish political leaders' calls to free arch terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who is considered the most popular figure in the Palestinian Authority (PA) community. Barghouti is serving five life terms for causing the murder of Israelis and was behind numerous terrorist attacks and bombings.