Monday, March 14, 2011

Israel responds to the mass murder of 500 homes in West Bank

Jerusalem. .- Israel has approved construction of 500 new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank in response to the killing on Saturday in the settlement of Itamar five Israelis in the same family. The homes will rise in Gush Etzion, near Bethlehem, Maaleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem, Ariel, in the northern West Bank, Kiryat Sefer, northwest of Jerusalem, the executive said in a message.

The decision announced today, was taken last night by an interministerial team in response to the attack in the early hours of Friday to Saturday, which has generated excitement for their crudeness and widespread fear that they return to the levels of violence in the hardest years of the Second Intifada.

In the early hours of Friday to Saturday, one or more people crossed the fence security technology around the colony, entered the house and stabbed two parents and three of his sons, one of eleven, a four and a baby three months. The funeral will take place this afternoon in the cemetery of Jerusalem Har Haenujot.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak last night participated in the discussion of responses to the attack, among which was assessed as well start a new or expanding Jewish settlement Itamar, but eventually prevailed Barak proposal , the newspaper "Haaretz." Netanyahu's decision last night notified the White House.

Meanwhile, Israeli security forces continue to search for the attackers with an extensive device and a fence around the Palestinian city of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Twenty Palestinians have already been arrested in various locations around Itamar. "No rest until we catch the murderers," made clear the chief of staff, Benny Gantz, said in a statement released today.

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