Herut Chairman Knesset Member Michael Kleiner said in reaction to the shooting attack in Tel Aviv: “The source of our troubles is the diplomatic immunity that the Sharon Government has granted Arafat and the heads of the terror gangs. Arafat is a man of death, and every day that he breathes the air of the Middle East is another day of blood and death for the Jews. An end must be put to this and we must stop fearing world reaction. It is better to risk a sharp diplomatic rebuke than erect memorial monuments in every street and crossroads.”

Minister of Tourism Rechavam Ze’evi said that the thousands of members of Israel’s left-wing community who marched in the area of the Defense Ministry Saturday night got their response in the Sunday afternoon terrorist attack. The left-wing activists were calling upon the government to immediately resume negotiations with Yasser Arafat.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 6th, 2001 and is filed under hotnews.