Chairman Avigdor Lieberman of the Yisrael Beytenu Partyh has responded to the murder of the soldier in Gush Etzion by saying, "Surrender to terror in Gaza leads to terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria."
The former defense minister explained, "The security establishment knows of dozens of organized efforts to carry out terrorist attacks against Jews guided by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. The term 'arrangement' is the laundering of words for surrender to terrorism and the current government policy is a despicable attempt to buy quiet in the short term and to sacrifice the security of Israeli citizens in the long run. I am sure that the IDF will get its hand on the perpetrators of the attack and bring them to justice."