MK from fire-afflicted south slams ‘uncaring’ Netanyahu

27 June 2019, 5:46 pm

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The spate of fires in the south caused by incendiary devices from Gaza is sparking criticism of the government.

MK Alon Shuster, a Blue and White lawmaker from Kibbutz Mefalsim where a Gazan balloon sparked a fire a short time ago, accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not caring “at all” about the blazes.

“The fire has reached inside Kibbutz Mefalsim,” he says in a statement. “Soldiers, security officials, firefighters and kibbutz members are working to put it out. But we get the impression that Netanyahu doesn’t care at all.”

He adds: “The resilience of the residents of the south will weather any challenge, but the neglect by the Israeli government has reached the point of criminal negligence, and it’s time that someone said so.”