Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has described the recent attacks on an Israeli gay pride parade and on a Palestinian toddler as “Jewish terrorism.”
Several leaders in Israel have expressed their concern about the recent arson attack on Friday by a group of Israeli extremist settlers on a Palestinian family's home in the village of Duma, located in the West Bank occupied territories.
Last week, the Jewish settlers burned an 18-month-old baby alive and critically injured his parents and four-year-old brother, leading to mass protests last weekend in Tel Aviv and other major cities that demanded authorities halt “Jewish terrorism.”
According to activists, these extremists are the same that stabbed and killed an Israeli teenager last week at a gay pride parade last week.
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The Israeli police announced on Monday that they are already investigating a series of online threats against Rivlin following his condemnation.
The Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that authorities should be allowed to employ the same heavy-handed measures against Israeli terrorist suspects as the state uses against Palestinian suspects.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the actions but asked why Palestinian leaders praised acts of terror on their side, adding that there will be a “zero tolerance” policy for any similar violent crimes.
Meanwhile, other local media reported that the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has called for “Day of Rage” after the arson attack in the village of Duma.