This report was filed from New York prior to the start of the holy Sabbath.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman warned Friday that if there was no quiet on Friday, the Kerem Shalom border crossing would be closed.
“I am trying to form the equation between security quiet and economy,” Liberman said in a morning visit to Kibbutz Kissufim, adjacent to the Gaza border.
“If there’s no terror, there will be an economy. There has to be a direct connection,” he explained, Ynet reported. “That is the important message that we are trying to communicate to Gaza residents, to the average Gazan who is concerned with making a living and who thinks about how to provide for his family.
“Therefore, if there’s quiet . . . the border crossing will remain open. If there is no quiet, it will be closed.”
This report was filed from New York prior to the start of the holy Sabbath.