Labor party chairman Avi Gabbay responded on Sunday to the announcement of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) that the youths arrested on suspicion of murdering Palestinian a Arab woman burned an Israeli flag, and that an Israeli flag with the inscription "Death to the Zionists" was found in the room of one of the detainees.
"In our beloved country, too many wild and murderous thorns are growing," Gabbay said. "With a wink, turning a blind eye and sometimes even with the backing of coalition members. We must change that. With an uncompromising war on terrorism, and with a government that backs up the security apparatuses rather than the terrorists. We'll change that. We are committed to change."