MKs: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY EDUCATION SYSTEM INCITEMENT INFLAMED THE TERRORIST: "We should have full control over the education system in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods," said deputy foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely reacting to the deadly truck ramming attack at the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday 8 Jan. 2017. Hotovely claimed that the terrorist who carried the attack was exposed to incitement. "It is impossible that students living that close to the center of our capital will say that their dream is to be a shahid [martyr]. The international community needs to demand complete halt of terrorism, and complete shutdown of the terror-education industry," she added, referring to the upcoming peace summit in Paris next Sunday 15 Jan. and recent UN Security Council resolution 2334. Deputy defense minister Eli Ben-Dahan echoed the notion that PA incitement has lead to the attack. "I invite USA Secretary of State John Kerry and the representatives of the states in the UN Security Council to come over to Jerusalem to witness the results of the Palestinian incitement that they endorse, and to see who we are dealing with."

"The roots of the problem are in the incitement in the Palestinian education system, calling to kill Jews," said MK Moti Yogev. "We should revise our approach to education in East Jerusalem; make it under our control in the neighborhoods under our sovereignty, including UNRWA schools." MK Amir Ohana claimed that the solution to this kind of attacks is to allow more citizens to bear arms. "The first responder to the attack was a local tour guide that shot the terrorist and prevented further casualties. He joins a long line of citizens that carried weapons and thwarted terror attacks in recent wave." Culture and sport minister Miri Regev said "We are dealing with the roots of terrorism that starts with incitement in the education system and in the Palestinian media. We are currently in an uncompromising battle to defeat the Islamic terrorism nests." (Jerusalem Post)