Security Cabinet Communique
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

The Security Cabinet convened today (Sunday, 2 August 2015), in wake of the
attack in Duma.

The Security Cabinet views the arson and murder in Duma as a terrorist
attack in every respect.

The Security Cabinet directs the security agencies to take all necessary
steps to apprehend those responsible and prevent similar acts.

To these ends, the Security Cabinet approved the recommendation of the
professional echelon to take all necessary steps and to use all means at
their disposal, including administrative detention where appropriate, with
the approval of the Attorney General.

The Security Cabinet instructed that draft legislation on the fight against
terrorism be urgently advanced in the Knesset and that it also apply to
those who perpetrate terrorism of this sort.

The Security Cabinet decided to establish a ministerial committee, to be
chaired by the Defense Minister and with the participation of the Public
Security Minister and the Justice Minister, to propose to the Cabinet and
the Government additional measures to fight such severe events.