Halamish residents fume at failure to install CCTV cameras
The Ministry of Defense announced Sunday evening that security cameras are to be installed throughout the settlement of Halamish following Friday’s terror attack in which a terrorist stabbed to death Yosef Salomon, 70, and his children Haya Salomon, 46, and Elad Salomon, 35 in their home. Residents of the settlement—adjacent to Ramallah—heaped criticism on the security apparatus in the aftermath of the attack for not upgrading security provisions in the area, including the installation of CCTV cameras , despite the fact that a budget for such measures had already been approved.According to the residents, the budget had already been given a green light after a large fire broke out in the settlement which was caused, they claim, by a Palestinian arsonist. The Defense Ministry pointed out however that the boosted security measures had already begun to be put into effect, with the perimeter fence being upgraded in the last year with touch sensors providing warnings of a...