Israeli Military Imposes Broad Closure on Hebron; Security Cabinet to Meet on

Terror Surge
Some 700,000 people under blockade in Hebron area following spate of terror
attacks over past two days which has taken two lives and left six people
wounded.

Barak Ravid and Gili Cohen Jul 01, 2016 6:02 PM

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The Israel Defense Forces imposed a wide-ranging closure on the West Bank
city of Hebron and its environs on Friday, following a sudden upsurge in terror
attacks.
Some 700,000 people will be affected by the closure, which is the largest
imposed since the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish youths in the West
Bank in 2014.
The spate of terror attacks will also be discussed by the security cabinet in an
emergency meeting on Saturday night.
Two Israelis have been killed and six wounded in four terror attacks since
Thursday. Two Palestinian assailants have also died.
In an initial response to the attacks, the Prime Minister's Office announced on
Friday that Israel will immediately deduct the amount of money paid monthly by

the Palestinian Authority to terrorists and their families from tax proceeds it
collects on behalf of the Palestinians.
The amount deducted is likely to amount of tens of millions shekels a month.
"The authority transfers the money to terrorists through various laundering
methods and as the terror worsens, the more money is paid," the office said.
"Israel believes that the authority's support of terror, both in terms of
incitement and in payments to terrorists and their families, are an inducement
to terror."
Transport Minister Israel Katz called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on
Friday to take additional steps against what he said was increasing Palestinian
terror.
"We need to understand that we are in an all-out war and act accordingly," Katz
said in a statement. "We should declare a state of emergency, pass legislation
that would enable the expulsion of the families of terrorists and take severe
steps against inciters and those who support terror and cover it up."
Education Minister Naftali Bennett told Haaretz that he had asked the prime
minister to immediately convene the security cabinet on Thursday, following the
terror attack in Kiryat Arba in which a 13-year-old Jewish girl was stabbed to
death in her bed.
Terror attacks are inspired by previous attacks and it is therefore necessary to
react immediately and forcefully, Bennett said.
The minister added that he intends raising a number of proposals at Saturday's
emergency meeting, including:
The construction of new residential and industrial areas in Kiryat Arba, plans for
which have already been approved;
The arrest of the mother and sister of the Palestinian who carried out the
Kiryat Arba attack, their trial and expulsion to another area in the West Bank,
due to their praise of the terrorist, who was killed during the attack;
The demolition of all illegal Palestinian structures that have been approved for
demolition but which have not yet been demolished for political reasons;
The imposition of a closure on the killer's village until further notice.
Cutting off internet and cellular access in the Hebron area to prevent the
dissemination of messages and incitement.
Barak Ravid
Haaretz Correspondent
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