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Internal Security Minister Omar Bar-Lev criticized today (Thursday) the statement of Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai, who said that at the end of an attack he wants "a terrorist killed". According to Bar-Lev, "Kobi expresses himself freely and does not always weigh every word" On the other hand, the minister referred to the backing he gave to the police. "I didn't think about my political base.
I was wondering if this is the right thing to do.
Many times, I was told.
'Why don't you throw the hot potato at the prime minister,'" said Bar-Lev at the meeting to conclude his term in the ministry. "Not everyone always thought like me."
In addition, the outgoing minister sharply attacked the appointment of Knesset member Itamar Ben Gabir to the position, linking the increase in the violence on the roads and the stampede attacks to the new government. "There is a rising phenomenon in Israeli society - there is a place for the use of force, which is how problems are solved," argued Bar-Lev.
The increase is not accidental, this is what happens with the change of government,
criticizes before the end of the term.
Bar-Lev and Shabtai (Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson)
Bar-Lev also addressed the claims of lenient sentences against criminals in the courts.
"One of the things I established in the policy is the increase in traffic reports. Three months ago we did a summary and saw that the number of reports increased by 100%," he explained.
"However, it turns out that out of all the serious traffic offenses, only 21% of them resulted in an indictment, and about 60 of them with sentences of NIS 1,000 fine and a year and a half imprisonment. The enforcement is not enough, we are going backwards. Perhaps it is better to hand out fewer reports, because the same offender says , maybe I don't need to get a license and I can continue to conduct myself like this, because it's cheaper than paying for driving lessons."
After that, the deputy minister, Yoav Seglovic, also attacked Ben Gabir and the extensive powers in the minister's position that he is expected to receive.
"Member of Knesset Ben Gabir is a criminal convicted of inciting terrorism and he is going to sit in the minister's chair. The problem is not with the supervisor, but with the appointee. The police, this is an enforcement organization, the use of force is solely in the hands of the commissioner, the meaning of this This is the introduction of politics into the law enforcement system."
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