After 2 attacks in a week, women protest at Etzion junction

Hundreds of women held a protest today at the Gush Etzion junction calling on the government to handle the ongoing wave of terror attacks. Their demonstration comes after two attacks took place in the area over the past week. Four people died in the attacks, three in a shooting attack last week and one in a stabbing attack yesterday.

The women, all mothers of families living in the area, came to the junction by bus and private car. According to the Hebrew language paper NRG, they were shouting slogans accusing the government of not doing enough to bring a stop to Palestinian terrorism and incitement.

The time has come “to stop driving to school, after school activities or going shopping” from becoming potentially lethal.

According to NRG, people living in the area are fuming at the government and security establishment after Hadar Buchris, 21, was stabbed to death at the junction yesterday despite the deployment of dozens of troops in the area. Col. Roman Goffman, commander of the Etzion Brigade, admitted that soldiers at the site should have intercepted the terrorist who stabbed and murdered Buchris and pledged to examine why the stabber managed to enter the area without undergoing a security check.