Israeli authority lashes out at Netanyahu

Former Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid has lashed out at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, stating the premier is failing to provide Israelis with enough security amid the current anti-occupation protests by Palestinian activists.

He told a conference that while the number of stabbing attacks had never dropped, "the prime minister does not really have any idea how to stop terrorism."

"I have refrained from criticizing him for two months, but the man who calls himself 'Mr. Security' does not know how to deal with girls as young as 14 [attacking Israelis] with a pair of scissors," he added, referring to an attack two Palestinian teenage girls in the occupied al-Quds ('Jerusalem') Monday.