Netanyahu: Gay parade stabbing ‘most grave incident’

After the attack on the gay pride parade steps away from his official residence, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives a briefing from Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan about the attack.

“It’s a most grave incident,” he says in a statement. “We will mete out justice to those responsible for the act. In the state of Israel freedom of choice of the individual is one of the basic values. We must ensure that in Israel every man and woman will live in security with whichever way they choose to live.”

Education Minister Naftali Bennett, head of the right wing nationalist Jewish Home party, says in response to the attack that “the stabbing at the gay pride parade is a moral crime that cannot be forgiven.”

“Whoever committed this crime harmed Jewish values and ethics and needs to get the most severe punishment,” he says.