#HypocritesRUS The international community needs to stop its hypocrisy Netanyahu then turned to the international community, which has remained silent after the shooting and in the face of a major upswing in violence in the capital over the past several months. A few days ago, I said that we were facing a wave of incitement by radical Islamic elements and by Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas - ed.] who said that Jews must be prevented from going up to the Temple Mount by any means possible, he continued. I still have not heard from the international community so much as one word of condemnation for these inflammatory remarks. The international community needs to stop its hypocrisy and take action against inciters, against those who try to change the status quo. Abbas stated, minutes before Netanyahu spoke, that closing the Temple Mount Thursday following the attack was a declaration of war. Two weeks ago, Abbas called for Palestinian Arabs to stop Jews from ascending the Temple Mount - Judaisms holiest site - by all means. It is not enough to say the settlers came, but they must be barred from entering the compound by any means. This is our Aqsa... and they have no right to enter it and desecrate it, Abbas said, calling the Jews a herd of cattle. Abbass remarks were roundly condemned by Israeli officials as clear incitement to violence, sparking new rounds of lawlessness in an already-tense situation in Jerusalem. Netanyahu, specifically, had called out Abbas on the statements, after Hamas terrorist Abdelrahman Shaludeh rammed his car into a pedestrian walkway just a few days later, killing a three month-old baby girl and a seminary student and wounding 7 others. Stepping up security The prime minister added that he has stepped up security reinforcements throughout Jerusalem. I have ordered significant reinforcements so that we can maintain both security in Jerusalem and the status quo in the holy places, he said. This struggle might be long, and here, like in other struggles, we must first of all, lower the flames. No side should take the law into its own hands, he concluded. We must be level-headed and act with determination and responsibility, and so we shall. Earlier Thursday, Israeli Special Forces (Yamam) eliminated 32 year-old Islamic Jihad terrorist Mu’taz Hijazi of Abu Tor in East Jerusalem, the prime suspect in the shooting, after he resisted arrest. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack shortly thereafter, saying it was vengeance for what is going on in Jerusalem, referring to police efforts to tackle ongoing Arab rioting. Terror attacks in Jerusalem have swelled from 200 attacks to 5,000 monthly since July, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat revealed earlier this week. Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar declared the attacks a third intifada on Saturday, and called on Palestinian Arabs to join. Several of the biggest attacks recently, including the Jerusalem light rail attack and the shooting, have been claimed by terror organizations to be in response to the war on Palestinians in Jerusalem.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:36:24 +0000
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