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Barak: No Support for Those who Encourage Extreme Views
Barak attacked the National Priorities Map and called on the government not to support communities that encourage activities such as “the severe incident in the mosque."
"The Labor party priority is to Galilee, the Negev, and to the towns of the periphery. Period," Barak clarified his position, which was previously known; therefore, the voting was possibly slated to be postponed because of Labor’s opposition in additional to the predicted opposition of Shas ministers. Previously, the Prime Minister suggested to Barak, Chairman of the Labor Party, that he establish a special Ministerial Committee to examine the areas included in the map, and submit its conclusions.
The Defense Minister said in his remarks that "the IDF assures the safety of all Israelis everywhere and will continue to do so in any situation, also the future.”