Almagor, the Jewish terror victims’ organization, said in reaction to the deployment of 300 Palestinian Authority gunmen at Shechem that “Palestinian policemen have carried out dozens of terror attacks in the past, killing and wounding Israelis. The Israeli government’s agreement to redeploy them is an instance [following] of diplomatic and political needs [while] ignoring security considerations.”

Almagor stated: “The price will be paid, as usual, by the citizens who are hurt by those Palestinian policemen, and by the soldiers who will have to face off with them sooner or later, at personal risk.”