The Ministry of Justice will examine the case of the promotion and abduction of senior Civil Administration official Nidal al-Atari.
At the same time, there is a lot of anger on the right side of the political map inside and outside the Knesset - following the exposure of "Israel Today".
The publication here was based on a study by the right-wing organization "Up to Here" on the subject, led by Gilad Ach.
Nidal al-Atari, a Palestinian employee of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was abducted by the Palestinian Authority's security forces.
His job was to oversee real estate transactions in Judea and Samaria on behalf of the administration.
MK Bezalel Smutrich turned to the new GSS chief, Ronen Bar, and asked him to "act immediately to return sensitive information to Israel and to establish permanent security control mechanisms for Palestinian Civil Administration employees, before and during their employment."
Smutrich: "Return the sensitive information", Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
MK Amichai Shikli tweeted that "this publication is an earthquake, it means that the civil administration that de facto runs Judea and Samaria - an intelligence breach and is influenced from within by the Palestinian Authority. It is impossible to move on to the agenda. I will demand an urgent discussion. On the subject in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. "
MK Mai Golan of the Likud described the situation as a "huge failure", and the chairman of Jewish Power, MK Itamar Ben Gvir, said similar things.
MK Michal Waldiger of Religious Zionism pointed the finger of blame at the Prime Minister: "Allows his government ministers to meet with Holocaust denier and terrorist Abu Mazen, worse - he is silent in the face of this horrible and horrible reality, which includes the abduction of a senior member of the Civil Administration."
Yoav Kish: "Yom Kippur of the Civil Administration", Photo: Danny Shem Tov
The heads of the Palestine lobby in the Knesset, MK Yoav Kish and MK Orit Struck, called it "Yom Kippur of the Civil Administration."
Task: Implementing Israeli policy in Judea and Samaria
The Civil Administration was established by virtue of the authority of the military commander.
It is the body responsible for implementing Israel's civil and security policy in Judea and Samaria, as the executive arm of the IDF Commander in the West Bank. The
administration was established in 1981 as a direct continuation of Israel's military administration in the territories after the Six Day War. The fabric of life in Judea and Samaria for the benefit of all residents of the area,
serving officers and soldiers, as well as civilians implementing government and IDF policies in the West Bank.
The unit is headed by an officer with the rank of brigadier general, who reports to the coordinator of government operations in the territories.
Under the Civil Administration are several regional representations known as the "Coordination and Liaison Administrations." They are located in Hebron, Bethlehem, the Jerusalem Envelope, Jericho, Ramallah, Nablus, Ephraim and Jenin. Civil Administration personnel are in daily contact with Palestinians living in the West Bank, with representatives of Israeli settlement, with representatives of international organizations in the region, and with members of the Palestinian security services.
In this context passing security information between the parties, and, for example - often before the army entered operational service area A, he informs the mechanisms to evacuate the area the cops Palestinians to avoid collision with them.
Civilian aspect, the Civil Administration is developing the infrastructure in Judea and Samaria - water, transport, agriculture And the electricity - and it also deals with the development of the economy there. Thus, the Civil Administration also coordinates the passage of goods trucks from the Palestinian Authority to Israel, and from there to other places in the world.
