Bibi: Jews will stay

JERUSALEM (JTA) — No Jewish settlers will be forced to leave and they will build more homes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday in the wake of a drive-by shooting in Judea-Smaria that left seven injured.

“As long as I am prime minister, not even one Jew will be uprooted from his home,” Netanyahu said at the dedication of a new interchange on Route 60.

Among those injured in Sunday’s attack outside of Ofra was a 21-year-old pregnant woman whose baby was delivered surgically to save her life.

“This act of terrorism, like the others, teaches the depth of our enemies’ hatred toward us, the Jews and the Israelis,” Netanyahu said. “They have no moral constraints in attacking innocents. We will pursue those responsible for the attack and we will make them pay.”

Netanyahu asserted that not only will Jewish settlers not be forced to leave their homes, “they will build more homes.”