Mr. Davidi Perl, who heads the Gush Etzion Regional Council, which encompasses some 20 communities, expressed anger of the current dangerous situation that exists on roadways throughout his council and all other areas of Yehuda and Shomron. He used the media to call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the cabinet to act immediately to restore security to the roadways of Yehuda and Shomron.

“The blood of Jerusalem residents is not redder [than those of residents of Yehuda and Shomron] exclaimed Perl, adding “The cabinet and the security agencies are compelled to hold an urgent meeting including heads of communities in yishuvim to assess the situation and the deterioration of security and the current explosive situation”.

“The distance between a disaster and almost disaster is very fine and we dare not wait until there is a disaster and only then awaken” he added, explaining the efforts to calm the situation that have been implemented to date are ineffectual and insufficient.

According to ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet) statistics for the month of August 2015, there was a sharp increase in attacks throughout Yehuda and Shomron, with a total of 117 attacks as compared to a total of 63 in July. There were 12 people wounded in terror attacks in August as compared to 3 in July.

Most of the attacks in Yerushalayim and Yehuda & Shomron, 136 of 168, involved firebombs as compared to 90 of 105 in July.

Davidi calls on the nation’s leaders to act immediately and sternly to avoid the disaster before it occurs.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)