The check points are insufficient. There are either not enough check points or check points that are insufficient to finding knives which is the silent weapon of choice.
October 14, 2015
By
The Israeli government approved (click here) a series of security measures to try to stem a surge of Palestinian attacks, including the potential sealing of Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem and easier access to guns.
“These are legitimate instruments of a democracy defending itself, using proportionality, using restraint,” the Foreign Ministry’s director-general, Dore Gold, said at a news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Authority warned that the steps would lead to a further escalation of violence. Other measures include deploying army troops in cities to reinforce police, adding security guards to Jerusalem buses, and confiscating property from attackers’ families.
A series of stabbings and shootings this month have killed seven Israelis, most carried out by apparent “lone wolf” Palestinian attackers unaffiliated with militant groups, some of them women and minors. At least 27 Palestinians have been killed, several of them shot dead by Israeli security forces and citizens while trying to carry out attacks....
October 14, 2015
By
The Israeli government approved (click here) a series of security measures to try to stem a surge of Palestinian attacks, including the potential sealing of Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem and easier access to guns.
“These are legitimate instruments of a democracy defending itself, using proportionality, using restraint,” the Foreign Ministry’s director-general, Dore Gold, said at a news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Authority warned that the steps would lead to a further escalation of violence. Other measures include deploying army troops in cities to reinforce police, adding security guards to Jerusalem buses, and confiscating property from attackers’ families.
A series of stabbings and shootings this month have killed seven Israelis, most carried out by apparent “lone wolf” Palestinian attackers unaffiliated with militant groups, some of them women and minors. At least 27 Palestinians have been killed, several of them shot dead by Israeli security forces and citizens while trying to carry out attacks....
