Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted late Monday to the landmark ruling in US federal court, which found that the Palestinian Authority was liable for terrorist atrocities committed during the Second Intifada.
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“The US federal court’s decision confirms the Palestinian Authority’s responsibility for murderous terrorist attacks committed during the previous decade,” the premier said in a statement to the press.
“Instead of drawing the appropriate conclusions, the PA is moving forward with steps that are a danger to regional stability like its hypocritical application to the International Criminal Court, this while it is involved in an alliance with the Hamas terror organization,” Netanyahu said. “We expect responsible players in the international community to continue and punish those who support terrorism, as the US federal court did, and to support the countries combating terrorism.”
“On this day, we remember the families who lost their loved ones,” the prime minister said. “Our hearts are with them, and there is no verdict that could comfort them.”
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid praised the verdict against the Palestinian Authority in a Manhattan federal court on Monday, calling it a “just and historic decision.”
“This is a just and historic decision which sends a clear message – there is no immunity for terrorism and there can be no compromises when facing it,” Lapid said in a statement. “This is a clear warning to the Palestinian Authority – the world will not turn a blind eye to involvement in terror attacks and to the targeting of innocent civilians.”
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said that the verdict is first and foremost a moral victory for Israel and victims of terror.
“The court’s decision authorizes what anyone who is familiar with the events in Israel in the beginning of the 2000s knows, but many in the world did not want to admit because of hypocrisy, foreign interests or pure anti-Semitism,” he stated.
Liberman called the verdict a “wake-up call” for the Palestinians and their supporters around the world, who should now realize that terrorism is an integral part of the Palestinian Authority’s makeup.
In order to change that norm, the PA leadership must stop idealizing terrorists and change the way it educates its people, he added.
B”H Finally let the world see what a treacherous and murderous people they are!