The candidate of religious Zionism is already setting conditions for coalition negotiations • "Soldiers must be allowed to stop the theft of weapons by firing - without fear"
Chairman of Jewish Power Itamar Ben Gvir
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Tzachi Miriam
The election has not yet taken place, but Adv. Itamar Ben Gvir of Religious Zionism is already drafting bills that he sets as conditions in the coalition negotiations. Ben Gvir wants to pass a bill in the next Knesset that will allow soldiers to shoot anyone who steals weapons from IDF bases.
A document that Ben Gvir has already drafted as a bill states the need to amend the opening fire regulations, which Ben Gvir claims are flawed.
"In recent years, there have been numerous incidents of theft of weapons and ammunition from IDF bases, training areas and assembly areas, especially in the extensive areas of the Negev.
Despite the intensification of the phenomenon, in the absence of an appropriate legal provision, soldiers cannot use firing to prevent the theft of weapons and ammunition.
This proposal proposes to allow soldiers to act without fear of being prosecuted against trespassers whose purpose is to steal weapons or ammunition. "
Ben Gvir said that the bill was intended to restore sanity to the south and security for IDF soldiers.
"The training of IDF soldiers in the south has become unbearable. It starts with soldiers who are afraid to go to the base because maybe Bedouin gangs will steal their vehicles from the parking lot, and continues with soldiers who do not sleep at night for fear of stealing their weapons."
Ben Gvir adds that "it does not end there. ATVs and jeeps from the diaspora travel 24 hours between the tanks and ranges and steal military equipment and ammunition parts and interfere with the movement of training forces. Where did we get to? How can soldiers not defend themselves?"
He said, "Every week we hear about a weapon in another base that has been broken into and emptied of hundreds of thousands of rifle bullets. After that we see young Bedouin in Tiktok proud of it. At the end of the day this weapon is also pointed at us, and we must stop it. "Weapons by firing without fear. Anyone who infiltrates the base and steals weapons endangers the lives of our soldiers and poses a real danger should be shot without hesitation."
The candidate of religious Zionism is already setting conditions for coalition negotiations √ "Soldiers must be allowed to stop the theft of weapons by firing - without fear"