Quick Draw: “Lone Wolf Terrorists?” Hardly.

Quick Draw: “Lone Wolf Terrorists?” Hardly.

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F130118IR02It is a strange and thought provoking situation: Israel is complaining that the United States and countries of Europe are putting their heads in the sand and keeping on negotiating with Iran as it races towards a nuclear weapon, when for over a year now the Israeli government is doing the exact same thing, if not worse. The government is putting its all in the sand as it continues to claim that what goes on in the West Bank is “lone wolf terrorists’ actions”.

Enough with this nonesense. Jerusalem should wake up. I’m sure the Israel General Security Service and other security bodies know the truth, but you there in Jerusalem have some uncomprehensible interest to claim this claim – which has nothing to do with reality.

The chain of terror events requires to do two immediate things: To announce that we are in the middle of an Intifada and simultaneously take a series of difficult and firm measures in order to subdue it.

Even the IDF has some harsh criticism on the goverment not giving out much needed instructions. Someone in Jerusalem is living in some imaginary “lone wolf terrorists” world and think we’re all idiots.

There’s incitement in the mosques, there’s a blind eye by the Palestinian authorities, there’s a stream of instructions calling to action coming from Islamic countries where Hamas has a strong presence – and all this according to the Prime Minister and his ministers is “lone wolves’ terror”.

A government that thinks its citizens are idiots – is misappropriating its job. This series of terror events in the West Bank can be stopped immediately. Movement restrictions, preventing illegal aliens from entering to Israel through breached fences, heavy punishments for Israelis who assist them to come into Israel. None of this is being done. The government is keeping to some imaginary script and people keep paying with their lives.

Someone has got to wake up and do something. Facing this sophisticated Intifada, Israel has to act in sophistication but the Israeli government and sophistication is like oil and water.

Arie Egozi iHLS editor-in-chief
Arie Egozi
iHLS editor-in-chief