Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin NetanyahuHe gave himself up to blackmail. Yesterday, Sunday, he gave the go-ahead for his Minister of National Security to Itamar Ben Gvirdesign a ‘National Guard’ to prevent terrorism. In return, Ben-Gvir agrees to stop the controversial judicial reform.
The idea of this “National Guard” is to strengthen border police forces and increase penetration into the occupied West Bank. “Bibi” has promised a cut for its financing 1.5% of the budget any other department of the state.
This action triggered mass protests in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, worrying existing police forces, the judiciary and Israeli Arabs.
Protests in the streets of Tel Aviv against the National Guard that Israeli Security Minister Ben-Gvir wants to set up. Portal
The decision has also been criticized by those who fear the creation of a “National Guard” under the minister’s command would constitute some sort of “National Guard”. sectarian militia. Ben-Gvir, the a even more right-wing as Netanyahu, advocates an agenda of persecution with the Arab minority.
is leader of Otzma Yehudit – Poder Judío in Spanish –, a far-right and religious party following the teachings of orthodox Kach party, banned in Israel and classified as a terrorist organization by the United States. He has been charged more than 50 times and convicted eight times for riots, vandalism, hate speech and glorification terrorism.
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But it is precisely “terrorism and nationalist crimes” that Ben-Gvir wants to fight with his new “national guard”, which will “reach those places that have become fatal in recent years Israeli backyard. This is a Zionist project aimed at strengthening Israel’s security and governance,” the minister said.
The authority to create the new force still exists provisionally, and the project must go through a committee of members of the security apparatus before final approval. According to Alon Levavi, a former Israeli police officer, to Efe, the idea is Ben-Gvir’s “It’s a waste of time and money” that would not only force two forces to operate in the same territory, but would also favor them interference in politics on operational issues.
Two Israeli police officers patrol the city of Jerusalem. Portal
The “National Guard” endorsed by the far-right minister would recruit along with two thousand agents, volunteers. Thabet Abu Rass, an activist for equal rights for Israeli Arabs, predicts that the latter “will come from organizations of the extreme rightfrom colonies and settlements in the occupied West Bank and from racist anti-Arab groups,” he predicts.
There is also a concern that Ben-Gvir’s security is aimed at the citizens left Israelis. In an interview with HaAretz, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Amichai Eliyahu – also from the Jewish power party – defended the creation of this “national guard” to look after “the citizens of the country who identify with the party Enemy“.
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