‘No doubt’ that Milhem acted out of ‘nationalistic’ motive

Channel 2 quotes security officials saying there was “no doubt” that Milhem opened fire in Tel Aviv last week “for nationalistic reasons,” rather than for criminal or any other motive.

Tellingly, Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon had referred to Milhem earlier Friday as a terrorist — a term Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not use when discussing the case in recent days.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights a memorial candle at the Simta pub on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv, on January 02, 2016, a day after two people were killed in a shooting there. Next to him is Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights a memorial candle at the Simta pub on Dizengoff Street in central Tel Aviv, on January 02, 2016, a day after two people were killed in a shooting there. Next to him is Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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