Barkat calls to dismantle PA, blames it for Jerusalem terror attack

By Sam Sokol 8 September 2025, 1:46 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Economy Minister Nir Barkat attend a Knesset Health Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on July 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Economy Minister and former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat blames the Palestinian Authority for this morning’s shooting attack in the nation’s capital, declaring that the time has come to shut down the Palestinian governing body.

“The blood of the murdered is on the hands of the Palestinian Authority, which funds and encourages terrorism. It is time to dismantle the Palestinian Authority,” Barkat tweets, commending the ultra-Orthodox soldier who “eliminated the terrorists and prevented an even greater disaster.”