Member of Knesset Omer Bar-Lev responded to Sunday's rocket attack on Sderot by calling on Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman to order a harsh response against Gaza. The Zionist Union lawmaker said, "This is the moment of truth for the new defense minister. The transition period is over and he must make fateful decisions. If the minister choses security, he will received legitimization from right and left."
A former commander of an elite army unit, Bar-Lev said, "The residents of the Gaza envelope and Sderot have had enough of briefings for reporters. Defense Minister Liberman must act to create quiet in the south immediately, and at the same time to lead a strategic political program which includes the building of a deep-water port in exchange for demilitarization, to create an infrastructure for long-term negotiations."