Ben-Gvir forms new West Bank police force to monitor left-wing activists

• Published date: 16 April 2024
• Author: EVE YOUNG
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to the spokesperson, the new team's purpose is to monitor activists who cause instability in the region. It will be part of the central command's Judea and Samaria division and will work in coordination with immigration police and the Interior Ministry, among other bodies

"Founding the team for handling the anarchists is consistent with my clear policy of fighting those who disturb public order," said the minister.

"Founding the team for handling the anarchists"

These are "anarchist factors who I see in Judea and Samaria or Hebron, cursing IDF soldiers, igniting tempers, inciting and encouraging harming Jews, and in doing so hurting the security of the state," he said.

The minister added that he has "zero tolerance for those who hurt the security of settlers and of The State of Israel."

NGO Peace Now responded to the new team, saying, "Instead of dealing with the settler violence that is rampant in the territories and harms human life and the stability of the entire region, Minister Ben-Gvir directs the police to act against the peace activists who try to prevent [settler violence], and take risks on a daily basis to calm the area and prevent damage to innocents."

Grassroots peace organization Standing Together co-director...