JERUSALEM — Several hundred Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem Wednesday evening, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act against a recent surge in deadly attacks carried out by Palestinians.
Protesters gathered near Netanyahu’s residence, waving signs that said “Stop the terror wave.”
There has been a spate of apparent “lone wolf” Palestinian attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank recently. Two men were killed in separate West Bank shootings, and two people were wounded in stabbing attacks, including a female paramilitary police officer seriously hurt after being stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian woman.
“Netanyahu is not acting strong enough against Palestinian terror,” said Mitchell Myers, who lives in the West Bank settlement of Shilo. Netanyahu has been making goodwill gestures to Palestinians for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, he said, while “in exchange we have been getting terror day after day.”
Netanyahu visited some hospitalized victims of the recent attacks on Wednesday. He said Israel has “foiled over 200 attempted attacks” in the past year, adding, “We will reach these murderers and terrorists as well. We will exact a heavy price from both the terrorists and those who send them.”
