Hundreds of high school girls from the Shomron demonstrated in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv last night. They protest the government\'s continued \"policy of restraint.\" The event was initiated by friends of 14-year-old Keren Shatzky, who was murdered by a suicide terrorist on Saturday night.
Sharon also faces political pressures, and his broad-based government is showing signs of strain. Minister Shmuel Avitan of the 2-MK Am Echad party plans to submit his resignation today, in protest of the national budget passed by the government. The 7-seat National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu party abstained yesterday in a no-confidence vote against the government. MK Yuri Stern explained that this was a protest measure against the government\'s feeble response to terrorism. \"If this policy continues, it will lead to the collapse of the government,\" Stern said.
Sharon also faces political pressures, and his broad-based government is showing signs of strain. Minister Shmuel Avitan of the 2-MK Am Echad party plans to submit his resignation today, in protest of the national budget passed by the government. The 7-seat National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu party abstained yesterday in a no-confidence vote against the government. MK Yuri Stern explained that this was a protest measure against the government\'s feeble response to terrorism. \"If this policy continues, it will lead to the collapse of the government,\" Stern said.