The strong IDF measures - encircling Ramallah and neighboring villages - are the big news today. Druze Minister Salah Tarif and Minister Matan Vilnai, both of Labor, said that the government must not impose collective punishment. The Central Command reported this morning that a terrorist cell was caught yesterday on its way to carrying out an attack, thanks to the stronger measures. Specifically, warnings were received of a car-bomb on its way from the Ramallah region towards Jerusalem, and several of the terrorists involved have already been arrested.
The Prime Minister\'s Media Advisor stated this morning, \"Prime Minister Sharon’s policy is to ease sanctions everywhere, but to act against localities in which terrorist activity is to be perpetrated. This is part of his policy of foiling attacks and combating both the attackers and those who dispatch them.\"
The Yesha Council congratulated the government on its new policy. Council Secretary Shlomo Filber said, \"This is what the army should have done in the very first week of the killing, and many lives would have been saved.\"
The Prime Minister\'s Media Advisor stated this morning, \"Prime Minister Sharon’s policy is to ease sanctions everywhere, but to act against localities in which terrorist activity is to be perpetrated. This is part of his policy of foiling attacks and combating both the attackers and those who dispatch them.\"
The Yesha Council congratulated the government on its new policy. Council Secretary Shlomo Filber said, \"This is what the army should have done in the very first week of the killing, and many lives would have been saved.\"