Security cabinet convenes in wake of recent tensions on Lebanese border, West Bank

The high-level security cabinet is convening this afternoon for a meeting focusing on recent tensions on the Lebanese border and the West Bank.

While scheduled in advance, the meeting is also expected to address yesterday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv, in which a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad from the Jenin area shot dead a municipal patrolman. There is also concern of a potential escalation in violence around the West Bank after a Palestinian was killed during clashes with settlers Friday evening. Two Israelis have been arrested over the shooting.

Hebrew media reports say ministers not will vote during the meeting on a series of measures aimed at shoring up the Palestinian Authority — which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised the Biden administration he’d advance — due to the premier’s concern he’d take flak in light of the proximity to the attack in Tel Aviv, but they will be discussed.