The police are angry with the former defense minister, who called on the Jerusalem police guarding the demonstrations to read a book about the Nazis • "It would be better to apologize, the police are not the enemy of the people."
Moshe Ya'alon, last month
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Police officials are angry over the words of MK Moshe Ya'alon (Yesh Atid-TLM), who wrote this morning (Sunday) on his Twitter account that he "recommends the commanders and police officers of the Jerusalem District in the Israel Police" to read "Commanders", Yigal Eilam's book Dealing with Adolf Hitler's order to exterminate the Jews in World War II.
The same sources said in closed conversations that the former defense minister's tweet constituted crossing a red line and serious incitement against the police officers. "He had better apologize. With all due respect to being a Knesset member, the Jerusalem District Police and the Israeli police are not Nazis at all," they said.
I recommend that the commanders and police officers of the Jerusalem District of the Israel Police read Yigal Eilam's book "Fulfillment of Orders."
- Moshe 'Boogie' Ya'alon (@bogie_yaalon) August 23, 2020
According to the bookmark website, the book is "an amazing journey that began with the search for Hitler's disappearing order to exterminate the Jews in World War II, continued with a re-examination of exciting cases in the history of the Yishuv and the State of Israel, which raised the question - who gave the order?"
The website further states that "most of the decisive events in history do not take place according to our accepted pattern, in which the political leadership decides and the executives follow the orders, and that the roles of the 'commanders' have become more important than they are willing to attribute to themselves."
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Hundreds of policemen were present at a demonstration last night in front of the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, as every week for the past few weeks. "We invest a lot in the security of the protesters, this includes regular security and perimeter security against terrorists, we do everything to secure the protesters and so that everything goes smoothly. The police are not the enemy of the people as they try to paint them," police officials said.
Homeland Security Minister Amir Ohana responded to Ya'alon's remarks, responding to the former chief of staff on Twitter: "You have been spreading poison and slandering me for some time. I ignored. This is the practice of attention seekers like you. But I will not be silent about your words of incitement and incitement against police officers and Jerusalem District Police: in a tweet, you compared those who risk their lives 24/7 for the safety and security of Israeli citizens to 'commanders' in Nazi Germany. You marked them. I am ashamed of you and for you. "