Statement by PM Netanyahu on terrorist attack in Tel Aviv 21 Jan 2015
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PM Netanyahu on terrorist attack in Tel Aviv

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    At 7:15 am (January 21) a Palestinian terrorist armed with a knife stabbed a bus driver and more than a dozen passengers in central Tel Aviv. Four of the victims were seriously wounded in the attack.
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    Scene of terror attack on Tel Aviv bus Scene of terror attack on Tel Aviv bus Copyright: Reuters
     
     
    (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
    "The terrorist attack in Tel Aviv is the direct result of the poisonous incitement being disseminated by the Palestinian Authority against the Jews and their state. This same terrorism is trying to attack us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere.
    It is Hamas - Abu Mazen's partners in a unity government - that hastened to commend this attack. This is the same Hamas that announced it will sue Israel at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. Abu Mazen is responsible for both the incitement and the dangerous move at the ICC in the Hague.
    I just spoke with the head of the Israel Prison Service Nahshon unit, Menashe Ganish, and I praised the determined action by the unit's fighters, who saved many lives and prevented a worse attack.
    We will continue to take strong action against the terrorism that has been trying to attack us since the founding of the state, and we will see to it that it does not achieve its goal."
     
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     MFA:
    • This morning's terrorist attack is a direct result of the Palestinian leadership's campaign of incitement to violence and terrorism against Israel.
    • The Palestinian culture of hatred is directed at every Israeli citizen, whether man, woman or child, making them preferred targets for violence and terror.
    • Hamas' reaction to the terrorist attack - branding it "a heroic operation" - is yet the latest example of the organization's commitment to the path of terrorism.
    • It should be noted that the representatives of Hamas, which commits and endorses acts of terrorism against Israeli civilians, sit as full partners in PA President Mahmoud Abbas' "unity government.