[IsraelTimes] Publicly convening all his security chiefs for the first time since last summer's conflict, PM indicates Israel has entered yet another protracted round of violenceAmid a new terror phase, marked by a surge over recent days in what might be described as Paleostinian "suicide stabbings" -- relentless attacks by lone terrorists, across Israel and in the West Bank -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a presser Thursday night to try to reassure an increasingly worried public.
He didn't announce a raft of new measures, but he and his security chiefs set out several central themes that served to underline that Israel is again on something akin to a war footing: