Right-wing MKs, settlers hail Netanyahu for discontinuing Hebron observers

Right-wing politicians and organizations praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to end the mandate of the TIPH international observer mission in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who had urged Netanyahu to make the decision, says TIPH members had “disturbed IDF soldiers and police, created friction with the settlers, cooperated with extremist organizations and promoted delegitimization of Israel.”

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and Jerusalem Affairs Minister Zeev Elkin are among other Likud members to hail the announcement.

MK Mordechai Yogev (Jewish Home) says TIPH’s mandate should have ended since “it was made up of Israel haters, was one-sided and recently even harmed Jews and Jewish property in Hebron. Hebron has been, is and will continue to be ours.”

The body representing the Jewish settlers in Hebron in a statement thanks the premier for his “Zionist, responsible, respectful and necessary decision.”