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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday 3 Adar-II stated at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that measures are being taken and probed towards preventing a continuation of the wave of Palestinian terror attacks.

Mr. Netanyahu stated “I expect an answer from the Attorney General to my query regarding the expulsion of terrorists’ families to Gaza. At the same time, we are studying moving the residences of terrorists’ families within Yehuda and Shomron. We are taking action against media channels that encourage the murder of Israelis and Jews. Over the weekend I spoke with French President Francois Hollande. I had previously contacted him and requested that the French broadcasts of the ‘Al Aqsa’ channel be taken off the air, and the channel was indeed removed from these satellites, but it went back to broadcasting via another satellite. We are also taking action in other places and against other channels to halt these broadcasts.

“Over the weekend the IDF closed Islamic Jihad’s radio station in Ramallah, which had incited against Israel. There is no question here of freedom of the press, but of halting incitement to murder. At the same time, we will fast-track legislation this week to punish those who employ, assist and house people who are present in Israel illegally. It must be understood that a large proportion of the attackers were present in Israel illegally or infiltrated into Israel illegally”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)