Right-wing MK Katz: Netanyahu has joined Sharon and Olmert in the Jewish hall of infamy

MK Yaakov (Ketzaleh) Katz of the right-wing opposition National Union party said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was responsible for the two terror attacks last week that left five dead (including an unborn baby in its ninth month) because of 'gestures' made to the Palestinian Authority such as roadblock removal, and restrictions placed on Jewish construction. "This is the first time in Jewish history that a Jewish leader in the Land of Israel – with the exception of Herod and the like – issued an edict that Jews may not build. There were only non-Jewish leaders who issued such decrees – Romans, Greeks, Seljuks and Mameluks – but never did it occur that a Jew issued a decree barring Jews from building only because they are Jews. Not even under Rabin, Barak, Sharon and Olmert.”

"When you issue such decrees,” Ketzaleh explained, “it is a small wonder that the Arabs understand this as meaning that since we belong to the unclean caste, the despised caste, the discriminated-against caste – then it is alright to fire at us on the roads.” He added: "Jewish history will not forgive and will not forget,” Katz said. “The Jewish people does not forget... It is very sensitive to its rights and to the decrees made against it. It does not forget the European expulsions, it does not forget the expulsion at Gush Katif by Ariel Sharon, it will not forget the decrees by Olmert at Amona, and it will never, never, never forget what Netanyahu did with the edict that 350,000 Jews must not build.”

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