President Reuven Rivlin says following Thursday night’s arson attack, in which a Palestinian baby was killed when an entire family’s home was burned down, that Israel has not done enough to crack down on Jewish terrorists.
“To my great sorrow, until now it seems we have been lax in our treatment of the phenomena of Jewish terrorism. Perhaps we did not internalize that we are faced with a determined and dangerous, ideological group, which aims to destroy the fragile bridges which we work so tirelessly to build,” he says.
Early Friday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also characterized the arson as a “reprehensible and horrific act of terrorism in every respect.”
Rivlin, in his statements, sends consoling words and a plea to avoid stoking tension to Israeli Arabs and to Palestinians.
“At these painful moments, I turn to the Arab citizens of Israel, and the Palestinian people, to all law-abiding citizens, and ask that you do not succumb to the shock and anger. This is a time to join together,” he says.
President Reuven Rivlin, at his residence in Jerusalem on May 28, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
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