"If the police had been present in time, we would not have reached the situation that was in the 'Guardian of the Walls.'
"Before 'Guardian of Walls' we suffered from personal insecurity.
Police forces would not patrol Old Acre.
There was no personal security for the residents of Acre and there was no police enforcement at all.
Then the Walls Guard riots started in Acre and we didn't see the police for 4 days," Iea, who owns a fishing business in Old Acre, told Israel Hayom in response to Engelman's criticism of policing and law enforcement at the Walls Guard events.
State Comptroller Engelman: "It is forbidden for the events of the 'Guardian of the Walls' to repeat themselves" Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman
"Jewish businesses were set on fire in Old Acre, and due to the lack of police presence, neither the MDA nor the fire department could enter," she recalls the riots in the city. "We have been in enforcement chaos for many years, the drug stations are celebrating in the city, there is no one to enforce them, crime is celebrating And all this is due to poor treatment by the police for years.
If the police had been present in time, we would not have reached the situation that was in Shomer Hamot.
We are licking our wounds until now, tourism has dropped by sixty percent, we see the city is sad, businesses are closing due to the non-arrival of tourists both from the country and from abroad.
I hope that the police will return to patrolling Acre and will be present at all hours of the day.'
Similar to the statement, the religious Zionist party was also angry at the deficiencies in the preparation and functioning of the police during the Wall Guard, but claimed that alongside the problems of the security system, the riots express an even more deep-rooted problem: "The auditor's report reveals significant deficiencies in the preparation and conduct of the law enforcement agencies in general and the Israel Police in particular in relation to the incidents" The guardian of the walls'" the party said.
"Along with the immediate need to improve the performance of the law enforcement agencies on the matter, it is important to recognize the root problem of the loss of governance, the raising of the head and the nationalist extremism of the Israeli Arabs. Only a right-wing, nationalist and Zionist government will be able to truly recognize the problem, uproot it from the root, and guarantee real governance and security for every household in Israel".
Disturbances in Lod during Operation Wall Guard (archive), photo: Reuters
Similar to them, the Noam party also claimed that the "Guardian of the Walls" events revealed a deep-rooted problem in the police and claimed that: "The senior officers went through mind-engineering workshops on behalf of the organizations of the New Israel Foundation, headed by the Avraham Initiatives Foundation. Enemies, to UN policemen who produce industrial peace.
When there is no Jewish identity - there is no power."
On the other hand, in the Adalah Center, the security forces were sharply criticized precisely for the heavy hand they took against the protest of the Arab citizens of Israel: "The report points to deficiencies in the effectiveness of a quasi-military operation, and does not take into account the role played by the police in suppressing a legitimate political protest, and in turning the enforcement authorities into a tool Racially directed oppression against one population group.
The disregard for the excessive force used by the police whose stations were turned into torture facilities, the backing they gave to groups of Jewish rioters, and the use of arrest as a means of deterrence and punishment against the law - all testify that the report was written from the point of view of the Arab citizens as an enemy.
Participated in the preparation of the news: Michel Machol, Hanan Greenwood and Itzik Saban
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