Ya’alon: Recent Palestinian terror response to Duma

During his visit to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says that recent terrorist attacks on Israelis are responses to the torching of a Palestinian home in Duma, near Nablus, last month.

“It’s clear that some of the attacks that we’re seeing, like the vehicular attack on soldiers near Shilo, are a direct response to what happened in Duma,” he says.

Ya’alon blames Palestinian media for inciting violence, “and in response people take their car and run over [Israelis] simply because it’s convenient, or pick up a knife and try to murder a Jew at a gas station on Route 443.”

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon visits the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 11, 2015 (Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon visits the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 11, 2015 (Ariel Harmoni/Defense Ministry)

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