JERUSALEM, April 2 — Israel authorised today setting up a national guard under far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has said it would focus on Arab unrest, while...
JERUSALEM, April 2 — Israel authorised today setting up a national guard under far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has said it would focus on Arab unrest, while political rivals accused him of setting up a sectarian “militia”.
Ben-Gvir, a hardline Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank with past convictions for support for terrorism and incitement against Arabs - who make up 21 per cent of Israel’s population - rose in politics partly due to the 2021 unrest. “It will deal with this exclusively. The police does not deal exclusively with this. It’s busy with a thousand and one things,” he told Army Radio.
Government funding will enable an initial intake of 1,850 personnel for the new force, Ben-Gvir said, adding that these could be seconded police officers and volunteers, including from the Arab sector.
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