Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority would need to dismantle terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, shortly after an Israeli air strike killed a terrorist who had participated in firing rockets into Israel. “You know that we are fighting terrorism. Our policy is simple – we will strike at those who would strike at us,” Netanyahu told former mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa during his visit to Jerusalem. “I remind everyone that this [Wednesday’s rocket attack] is the true face of Hamas, even as it is part of the same unity government with Abu Mazen [Abbas]. PA President Abbas reacted to the air strike by declaring that Israel had committed an “escalation, which we consider an attempt to exacerbate the situation and pull the region into violence.” Read More
