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One Hundred Days of Failure: Doubts that accompanied Saturn's entry into the commissioners began to materialize

Before being appointed head of the police force, the committee for the appointment of senior officials objected to the selection of Kobi Shabtai, and some wondered about his inexperience.

The first tests of his tenure - from Arab society, through the stairs at the Nablus Gate to the disaster in Meron - only intensified the question marks.

"He is a good man, but not fit to be a commissioner"

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Friday, 07 May 2021, 13:55 Updated: 13:56

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In the video: DIP investigators at the scene on Mount Meron (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)

At the end of two years without a permanent commissioner, Chief of Staff Yaakov Shabtai was elected commissioner of police. Shabtai, the former commander of the Border Police, took office in the shadow of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the rising violence in Arab society. Many welcomed the appointment, right and left, and the police seemed to be on a path of stability, alongside significant reforms that would boost public confidence that has suffered a severe blow in recent years.

However, some have questioned Saturn's suitability for the job. One of the criticisms leveled against his appointment concerned the lack of experience in signage as a district commander in the Blue Police. "He did most of his service in the police at the border in operational positions. Tasks that have nothing to do with the Blue Police, "a senior police officer told Walla !," You can be a successful Border Police commander and a bad investigator. The commissioner has no experience in investigations and no experience in preparing for mass incidents. What you have not learned in the field over the years, you will not learn from the air-conditioned office at the national headquarters. "

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Many welcomed the appointment, others doubted.

Saturn (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The criticism resonated through the first days of his tenure.

Saturn has stated that it will work to eradicate crime in Arab society, in line with Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana, who has made the issue a top priority.

Meanwhile, since the beginning of the year, 32 Arab civilians have been murdered, and weapons are roaming the streets.

It will take some more time to examine Saturn's performance as commissioner in the face of the declarations, but even now, after four months in office, it seems that the police and the northern district are not in the right direction.

Police were happy to stop enforcing corona regulations and return to routine, , But also the criminals - who left the houses after a long period of turning the activity into the Internet space. The shooting and the exploding cars returned to the headlines, the police deterrence declined, and civilians felt that their personal security was compromised. Meanwhile, the response is delayed.

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Responsibility for the default: This is how Ohana and the commissioner approved the plans for the celebration

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The lack of experience was noticeable. The checkpoints at the Nablus Gate (Photo: Flash 90, Noam Rivkin Fenton)

The riots in Jerusalem earlier this month highlighted Saturn's inexperience.

Initially, dozens of videos of Arabs harassing and beating Jews were uploaded to Tiktok, prompting Saturn to declare that the police would get their hands on anyone who uploaded such documentation to the Internet.

Currently, most of them have not been summoned for questioning at all, and there are more such videos in the app and indictments have been filed.

The situation escalated with the blocking of the stairs at the Nablus Gate, on which hundreds of Muslims sit every year - a move that ignited severe riots in the first days of Ramadan fasting.

Definitely not a security rationale except attempt to show who was the boss, and failure caused the commissioner to order the removal of barriers.

Saturn, inexperienced civilian police, was appointed as the commander of the Jerusalem District Doron Turgeman - it was an attempt to pre space commander in the city, but not In command of a district in the police, probably one as large and challenging as Jerusalem.The chronicle of the decisions made and the pressure that led to the fold illustrated the lack of experience of the two.

The disaster devoured the cards

The last nail was driven in the disaster on Mount Meron, which seemed to have devoured the cards.

Saturn arrived smug at the revelry complex, posed for a photo with the Minister of Internal Security, and said there before the tragedy that "the police have been making great efforts for several weeks to ensure the safety of worshipers and visitors."

He knew these were empty words.

True, the police could not have prevented the incident, but even then there was no doubt that every year the revelry ends miraculously, and that the police are unable to maintain public peace and security in the format in which it is conducted.

It was the duty of the commissioner to the public - to stand up and say in a clear voice: "We will not be able to defend the peace of the celebrants if the event is not conducted in an orderly fashion." Saturn for many years.

Prefer populism.

Saturn and Ohana in Meron (Photo: Israel Police Spokeswoman)

Prior to Saturn's election, Advocate Pini Fischler sent a detailed complaint to the senior appointments committee that led retired Judge Goldberg to object to the appointment. - exposed Walla! - Commander retired top of the wave, used data business in front of the insurance companies. while everyone were fascinated by Saturn and welcomed the appointment, Fischler was the first to identify. sheering of Justice should have been a warning.

110 days have passed since the appointment of Saturn, public credit "He is a good man, but he is not fit to be a commissioner." He received a beginning at the beginning, and even among those who supported him at the beginning of his career in the position.

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