Itongadol.- On Thursday night Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Jewish Home) sharply criticized the rock throwing attack earlier in the night in Jerusalem which left a two year old infant with head injuries. Ben-Dahan put the blame squarely on US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Bayit Yehudi deputy minister Eli Ben-Dahan lashed out at US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday night, saying that he had given legitimacy to terror and was not worthy to serve as mediator to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
The deputy religious services minister made the comments at the consecration of a new synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Etz Efraim. His remarks followed a suspected terror attack in Jerusalem on Thursday evening in which a two-year-old girl was wounded when her family\’s vehicle was pelted with stones.
"Earlier a girl in Jerusalem was hurt by stones from a terrorist," Channel 2 quoted Ben-Dahan as saying. "John Kerry, who warns us of an intifada does not understand the Middle East and he is not worthy to be a mediator when he goes back to his country. His words give legitimacy to this terrorism."
Ben-Dahan said that the synagogue being consecrated in a new neighborhood of the Etz Efraim settlement "strengthens our hold on the country, and from here we reiterate: There will not be a Palestinian state."