The full Cabinet discussed the security cabinet\'s decisions in a stormy session this morning. A group of Women in Green demonstrated outside the government offices, crying out, \"The voice of the blood of our brothers is screaming out from the earth.\"
Itim correspondent Yoram Levy told Arutz-7 that Prime Minister Sharon clearly did not like Mofaz\'s statement, nor did he like the reactions of government ministers such as Limor Livnat and others. Sharon sharply criticized Mofaz, saying, \"The military echelons must not publicize announcements to the media.\" The Prime Minister also had words for Likud and other ministers who criticized the Friday decisions. \"Enough of this nonsense,\" and \"You\'re no more nationalistic than I am,\" he told Education Minister Limor Livnat, who had asked whether Peres would prevent the IDF\'s return to Abu Sneineh if Palestinian sniper fire resumes from there. To Public Security Minister Uzi Landau, Sharon said, \"You\'ve been good all these years in talk, now get used to being judged by your actions.\" He hinted that the ministers should spend more time taking care of their respective ministries. Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze\'evi expressed sharp protest of the fact that the decisions were announced before being discussed by the Cabinet.
The Jewish Community of Hevron called on the government \"not to abandon our lives and not to withdraw the IDF from the surrounding hills, thereby returning them to the control of terrorist murderers.\" In an official statement, Hevron\'s Jews said, \"A government that is willing to remove the IDF from the hills, opposing recommendations made by the Chief of Staff and against all logic, will be directly responsible for any further bloodshed, G-d forbid... We call on all those who love Eretz Yisrael: Do not be partners with a government which is returning the hills to cold-blooded terrorists killers.\"
The Yesha Council similarly demanded today that Prime Minister Sharon refuse to withdraw the IDF from Abu Sneineh. Its statement read, \"Sharon\'s decision to trust Jibril Rajoub, placing the lives of Jews in the hands of Arafat, contradicts his own Czechoslovakia speech, in which he declared that Israel would depend only on itself. Sharon is returning to the Oslo policy of abandonment and bloodshed, placing the lives of Israelis in the hands of Arafat\'s thugs.\"
Itim correspondent Yoram Levy told Arutz-7 that Prime Minister Sharon clearly did not like Mofaz\'s statement, nor did he like the reactions of government ministers such as Limor Livnat and others. Sharon sharply criticized Mofaz, saying, \"The military echelons must not publicize announcements to the media.\" The Prime Minister also had words for Likud and other ministers who criticized the Friday decisions. \"Enough of this nonsense,\" and \"You\'re no more nationalistic than I am,\" he told Education Minister Limor Livnat, who had asked whether Peres would prevent the IDF\'s return to Abu Sneineh if Palestinian sniper fire resumes from there. To Public Security Minister Uzi Landau, Sharon said, \"You\'ve been good all these years in talk, now get used to being judged by your actions.\" He hinted that the ministers should spend more time taking care of their respective ministries. Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze\'evi expressed sharp protest of the fact that the decisions were announced before being discussed by the Cabinet.
The Jewish Community of Hevron called on the government \"not to abandon our lives and not to withdraw the IDF from the surrounding hills, thereby returning them to the control of terrorist murderers.\" In an official statement, Hevron\'s Jews said, \"A government that is willing to remove the IDF from the hills, opposing recommendations made by the Chief of Staff and against all logic, will be directly responsible for any further bloodshed, G-d forbid... We call on all those who love Eretz Yisrael: Do not be partners with a government which is returning the hills to cold-blooded terrorists killers.\"
The Yesha Council similarly demanded today that Prime Minister Sharon refuse to withdraw the IDF from Abu Sneineh. Its statement read, \"Sharon\'s decision to trust Jibril Rajoub, placing the lives of Jews in the hands of Arafat, contradicts his own Czechoslovakia speech, in which he declared that Israel would depend only on itself. Sharon is returning to the Oslo policy of abandonment and bloodshed, placing the lives of Israelis in the hands of Arafat\'s thugs.\"