Following yesterday's attack, National Religious Party chairman Effie Eitam called upon Prime Minister Sharon to direct all his energies towards a resolved war on terror and away from his disengagement plan. "Instead of demonstrating his determination to uproot thousands of Jews from their homes," Eitam said, "which will merely encourage further terror while tearing apart the nation and destabilizing the government, the Prime Minister must form a stable nationalist government that will fight terrorism to the death and put an end to the Palestinian dream that through terrorism they will be able to chase out the IDF and subdue the State of Israel."
MK Gila Finkelstein (NRP) said: "I suspect this is just the beginning of the joyous celebrations of the terrorists. Today they began counting the 'disengagement plan dead.'"
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union) accused the Prime Minister of "undeniable responsibility for this bloodbath." Hendel said, "The Prime Minister encourages terrorists to murder more and more Jews with the obsessive pursuit of his expulsion plan."
Welfare Minister Zevulun Orlev said: "The harsh attacks have brought us down to the earth of painful reality. The illusion of quiet and the disengagement is blowing up in our face. Instead of investing efforts in preparing the IDF for the evacuation [of Jews from Gaza and Samaria], the order should be given to intensify the war against terrorism."
Outgoing Minister of Public Security Tzachi HaNegbi told reporters that the attack proved the effectiveness of the security fence. HaNegbi said that wherever the anti-terrorism partition is built, "no attacks take place, while in areas where there is no fence, attacks are carried out. The State will do all it can to complete the fence and thus save lives," he said. He also declared - before he announced his intention to leave the ministry (see below) - that he intends to add Beer Sheva to the list of cities that have security guards stationed on their public buses. Only Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa currently have bus guards.
MK Roni Brizon (Shinui) called for Israel to respond to the double-terror attack by renewing negotiations with the PA. "This tragic event proves once again that no [unilateral] disengagement or security fence will solve the problem," said Brizon. "There is no choice but to find a way, together with the Palestinian leadership, for a solution once and for all to this gruesome conflict."
The American Jewish Congress issued a statement deploring the "horrific terrorist attacks" in Be'er Sheva yesterday. AJC President Paul Miller said that the fact that the attack took place in a city "well established within 'recognized' borders, only strengthens our belief that the terrorists are not seeking Israel's withdrawal from any borders in particular, but from the Middle East entirely." He then backtracked somewhat by saying that the attack "further supports the need for security barriers and fences to keep the violence out."
United Jewish Communities (UJC) and the Jewish Federations of North America also issued a condemnation of the double attack, saying, "We stand with Israel and support its right to defend itself and its citizens by whatever means necessary."
MK Gila Finkelstein (NRP) said: "I suspect this is just the beginning of the joyous celebrations of the terrorists. Today they began counting the 'disengagement plan dead.'"
MK Tzvi Hendel (National Union) accused the Prime Minister of "undeniable responsibility for this bloodbath." Hendel said, "The Prime Minister encourages terrorists to murder more and more Jews with the obsessive pursuit of his expulsion plan."
Welfare Minister Zevulun Orlev said: "The harsh attacks have brought us down to the earth of painful reality. The illusion of quiet and the disengagement is blowing up in our face. Instead of investing efforts in preparing the IDF for the evacuation [of Jews from Gaza and Samaria], the order should be given to intensify the war against terrorism."
Outgoing Minister of Public Security Tzachi HaNegbi told reporters that the attack proved the effectiveness of the security fence. HaNegbi said that wherever the anti-terrorism partition is built, "no attacks take place, while in areas where there is no fence, attacks are carried out. The State will do all it can to complete the fence and thus save lives," he said. He also declared - before he announced his intention to leave the ministry (see below) - that he intends to add Beer Sheva to the list of cities that have security guards stationed on their public buses. Only Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa currently have bus guards.
MK Roni Brizon (Shinui) called for Israel to respond to the double-terror attack by renewing negotiations with the PA. "This tragic event proves once again that no [unilateral] disengagement or security fence will solve the problem," said Brizon. "There is no choice but to find a way, together with the Palestinian leadership, for a solution once and for all to this gruesome conflict."
The American Jewish Congress issued a statement deploring the "horrific terrorist attacks" in Be'er Sheva yesterday. AJC President Paul Miller said that the fact that the attack took place in a city "well established within 'recognized' borders, only strengthens our belief that the terrorists are not seeking Israel's withdrawal from any borders in particular, but from the Middle East entirely." He then backtracked somewhat by saying that the attack "further supports the need for security barriers and fences to keep the violence out."
United Jewish Communities (UJC) and the Jewish Federations of North America also issued a condemnation of the double attack, saying, "We stand with Israel and support its right to defend itself and its citizens by whatever means necessary."