Bennett’s proposed response to Jerusalem terror attack – ‘more construction and an iron fist’

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bennett2Economy Minister Naftali Bennett criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for failing to provide what he perceives as an adequate response to the simmering violence in Jerusalem – “more construction and an iron fist.”

In an interview with Army Radio on Thursday, Bennett said the government’s leniency invited Wednesday’s “vehicular terrorist attack” in which a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem rammed his car into a light rail station packed with commuters, resulting in the death of a three-month-old infant girl and the injuring of nearly a dozen others.

“We need to understand that the attack is a direct consequence of the endless rock-throwing and firebombing against the residents, the light rail, and Jewish homes [in the capital],” the Bayit Yehudi chairman said. “Over 200 of these incidents took place in recent months, and they went without an appropriate response.”

Bennett told Army Radio that more housing for Jews in the predominantly Arab eastern half of the city as well as a more forceful response from police and security services is the formula for neutralizing the unrest.

“It’s quite acceptable to think that what motivates our enemies is despair,” he said. “On the contrary, they are driven by the hope and aspiration to evict us from here. And they think that if they commit more terrorist atrocities then we will throw our hands up in despair and flee.”

“What we need to do is to say, ‘We are staying here, we’re building in our capital,’ and I call on the prime minister to expedite the approval of construction permits,” Bennett said. “Without sovereignty, there can be no security. There’s no need to wait for a terrorist attack in order to put down the iron fist, and we have the means to do so.”

The minister repeated his contention that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas “is a bitter enemy who incites to murder and the murder of babies.”

“He didn’t condemn the attack, and I assume that the family of the terrorist will receive generous incentives,” Bennett said.

In the wake of the attack, Netanyahu accused Abbas of encouraging violence against Jews in Jerusalem.

“This is how Abbas’s partners in government [Hamas] act. This is the same Abbas who, only a few days ago, incited toward a terrorist attack in Jerusalem,” he said.

Netanyahu ordered that security forces in Jerusalem be reinforced following the attack, consulting with Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Yohanan Danino and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) director Yoram Cohen.

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  1. @ honeybee:

    “I was a supplier to the [Spike] project during prototype period.”

    “What was it that you supplied?”

    “Yamit82 supplied chocolates and Nikes, Sweetie”

    “Might as well have been the case, given his answer.”

    “Chocolates and Nikes to[o] technical for you ?”

    Would’ve been less of a dodge than the ‘answer’ he did give.

  3. @ honeybee:

    “I was a supplier to the [Spike] project during prototype period.”

    “What was it that you supplied?”

    “Yamit82 supplied chocolates and Nikes, Sweetie”

    Might as well have been the case, given his answer.

  4. @ yamit82:

    “I was a supplier to the [Spike] project during prototype period.”

    “What was it that you supplied?”

    “Too technical for you to understand…”

    Sounds like an evasion.

    ” and besides it’s NOYFB.”

    If it’s NOMFB, then you shouldn’t have mentioned it in the first place.

  8. @ bernard ross:

    I don’t know details of the actual deal yet.

    Understand one thing India does not want to be as far as I can see beholding of dependent on America for her security needs and besides American arms are the most expensive out there and not necessarily the best either.

    Russia need India more than India needs Russia

  9. yamit82 Said:

    Congress would have killed it to protect American industry and American jobs.

    Senior US officials had said they were still discussing the Javelin order as part of a broader push to deepen defence industry ties with India by increasing the share of production done in the country.

    Analysts estimate that India, the world’s largest arms buyer, will invest as much as $250 billion in upgrading its Soviet-era military hardware and close the gap on strategic rival China, which spends three times as much a year on defence.

    Is part of production being done in India?
    Its a much bigger long term possibility and I beleive that Israel is expert at “upgrading soviet weaponry”. this had to upset them, Hagel pitched the deal to Modi.

  10. @ bernard ross:

    Think about this there are no parts or American technology built into the Spike…All Blue and White , otherwise Congress would have killed it to protect American industry and American jobs.

    I was a supplier to the project during prototype period.

  13. yamit82 Said:

    Chinese giants Baidu, Ping-An invest in Israeli VC

    Chinese-Iranian Strategic and Defense Cooperation
    China has aided Iran’s efforts to modernize its military hardware and doctrine through the transfer of military technology and sales of small arms and tactical ballistic and antiship cruise missiles.
    China has assisted in the development of Iran’s nuclear program via the transfer of technology and machinery.
    China’s economic ties to Iran have shielded the Iranian regime from the effects of international sanctions.
    http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP351.html

  14. bernard ross Said:

    I cant remember how often i forgot what I came to do in the kitchen when I was 40 so I cant use it as a bench mark for how often I do it now. doesn’t seem enormously different.

    Hope you didn’t confuse the kitchen with another room in your home…? Could be quite messy.

  19. yamit82 Said:

    Déjà vu all over again?

    I cant remember how often i forgot what I came to do in the kitchen when I was 40 so I cant use it as a bench mark for how often I do it now. doesn’t seem enormously different.

  20. bernard ross Said:

    My main indicator is going into a room and forgetting what I came to do…..the only problem is the same thing was going on when I was 40…..guess that doesn’t work either.

    Déjà vu all over again? 🙂

  21. @ bernard ross:

    When I was a kid I bought an ant colony day after day I would watch the the little suckers dig and borrow through the dirt fascinating. I put the aquarium type case in my closet and forgot about them. They died

    I got distracted by Mary the ministers daughter who live across from my house.

    Two lessons if you want to keep the ants alive you got to feed them and don’t mess with ministers daughters no good can come of it.

  24. yamit82 Said:

    Does it work??

    I cant remember, I forgot to take it years ago and never restarted.
    My main indicator is going into a room and forgetting what I came to do…..the only problem is the same thing was going on when I was 40…..guess that doesn’t work either.