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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
PM’s office says security cabinet made ‘series of decisions’ in response to terror wave
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The security cabinet has finished its emergency meeting on the latest uptick in West Bank violence.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the security cabinet agreed on “a series of decisions to target terrorists and authorized the prime minister and the defense minister to act on the matter.”
Netanyahu’s office does not elaborate on what those decisions are.
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for Israel to approve new settlement construction in response to yesterday’s shooting that killed 42-year-old Batsheva Nigri.
“The cabinet supports the commanders and soldiers of the IDF and the members of the security forces in their activities against terrorist elements for the security of the citizens of Israel,” Netanyahu’s office says in a statement that follows a series of attacks by far-right coalition lawmakers against the IDF.
The Times of Israel Community.