Kedumim Mayor Daniella Weiss dismissed today\'s military offensive as \"insignificant,\" because it is \"designed to prepare the way for dialogue with the Palestinian murderers immediately after the end of the battles.\" The enemy must be destroyed, she said, \"and we must not ever proposed additional concessions; the very mention of these is what has brought upon us these terrible tragedies.\" Minister Danny Naveh partially confirmed Weiss\' fears by saying that after the army takes control of the terrorist centers, it must withdraw and re-deploy on a new border \"according to Israel\'s security needs.\"
On the political left, Minister Raanan Cohen (Labor) said that suicide terrorists\' families must be killed. Other voices on the left haven\'t changed, though. The government decision for the military offensive was accepted unanimously - except for Shimon Peres, who abstained. Former Minister Yuli Tamir said today that the \"settlers\" must not drag Israel back into the \"kasba (market) of Shechem.\"
Rabbi Menachem Felix, a next-door neighbor of the Gavish family in Elon Moreh and who lost his daughter Ofrah in a terrorist shooting several years ago, said, \"If you\'re asking whether I want to return to Shechem, I say yes, I want to return and conquer it. Our situation when we were in control of these areas was immeasurably better than it is now. There will be no peace until we know that we are returning to our Land of Israel to stay... After we return to these area, the Arabs can leave and go wherever; we will stay.\"
Hundreds of people demonstrated outside the Prime Minister\'s office in Jerusalem last night, chanting, \"Peres to jail! Death to terrorists!\" and the like. Hevron spokesman Noam Arnon, speaking with a megaphone, yelled to the government ministers convened not far away, \"We demand that you take action to restore security! This government is committing suicide and bringing the nation to do the same!\" The protesters attempted to enter the government complex, and some were knocked down by police.
On the political left, Minister Raanan Cohen (Labor) said that suicide terrorists\' families must be killed. Other voices on the left haven\'t changed, though. The government decision for the military offensive was accepted unanimously - except for Shimon Peres, who abstained. Former Minister Yuli Tamir said today that the \"settlers\" must not drag Israel back into the \"kasba (market) of Shechem.\"
Rabbi Menachem Felix, a next-door neighbor of the Gavish family in Elon Moreh and who lost his daughter Ofrah in a terrorist shooting several years ago, said, \"If you\'re asking whether I want to return to Shechem, I say yes, I want to return and conquer it. Our situation when we were in control of these areas was immeasurably better than it is now. There will be no peace until we know that we are returning to our Land of Israel to stay... After we return to these area, the Arabs can leave and go wherever; we will stay.\"
Hundreds of people demonstrated outside the Prime Minister\'s office in Jerusalem last night, chanting, \"Peres to jail! Death to terrorists!\" and the like. Hevron spokesman Noam Arnon, speaking with a megaphone, yelled to the government ministers convened not far away, \"We demand that you take action to restore security! This government is committing suicide and bringing the nation to do the same!\" The protesters attempted to enter the government complex, and some were knocked down by police.