Coalition MKs called for action following the murder of an Israeli man in a terrorist shooting attack near Kedumim this afternoon (Thursday), while one MK accused the anti-judicial reform protest movement of weakening the country in the face of deadly enemies.
MK Danny Danon (Likud) called for the restoration of targeted countermeasures against terrorism. "The fight against terrorism does not end with the end of any operation. The State of Israel must continue to thwart terrorist operatives."
MK Tali Gottlieb (Likud) criticized the anti-government protestors in a tweet following the attack: "God Almighty, another person was murdered in a terrorist attack. And you crazy people demonstrate over nothing and weaken the State, shame on you! You are internal enemies who play into the hands of our external enemies."
MK Zvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism party) said in response to the attack that "it is possible and necessary to pursue specific terrorists 24 hours a day, but unless the roots are addressed, nothing will change. The root is the terrible incitement that comes from the Palestinian Authority, which pays salaries for life to murderers of Jews."
"The incitement came from the terrorist Odeh who shouted on the stage of the Knesset 'Long live the Jenin refugee camp' during the funeral of an IDF soldier who was killed there. Dealing with incitement is the first solution to preventing the rampant terrorism," Sukkot said.
MK Yitzhak Kroizer (Otzma Yehudit) said: "On a day when we are fasting and mourning the destruction of the Holy Temple, a despicable terrorist went on a killing spree against the Jews of Israel. The answer to defeating terrorism is a war of attrition and the destruction of the nests of terrorism and the building of Judea and Samaria. I share in the grief of the family and offer a prayer for the recovery of the wounded."