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Knesset member blames government for terror attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBezalel Smotrich, a hawkish lawmaker from the right-wing Jewish Home party, blames the army’s recently modified rules of engagement for a shooting attack in the West Bank Sunday that saw an Israeli man lightly wounded.
“The results of the more stringent rules of engagement weren’t late in coming,” he says in a statement. “Less than a month ago, the political echelon chose to tie the IDF’s hands with ludicrous rules of engagement. This added stringency is another step in the mortal blow to Israel’s deterrence versus its enemy.
“The terror attack today near my home in Kedumim is a direct result of the political echelon’s impotence, which is unacceptable,” adds Smotrich, who is a member of the ruling coalition.
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