Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has openly celebrated anti-Palestinian massacres, wants control of the “private militia.”
According to a statement from the PM’s office, the committee has 90 days to discuss the parameters to which the guard would operate and, most contentiously, who the guard would be subordinate to.
“The establishment of the “National Guard” further entrenches Israel’s practice of maintaining two separate law enforcement systems based on national affiliation,” the group said in a statement. A statement by the office of the Prime Minister said, “the National Guard will deal with national emergency situations such as the disturbances that occurred during Operation Guardians of the Walls,” referring to nationwide unrest in 2021 that saw a wave of popular Palestinian uprisings in the occupied territory and inside Israel, referred to by Palestinians as theThe national guard is not a new idea.
The national guard would allow the so-called civilian “volunteers” to use their weapons “whenever they want, and wherever they are called upon,” Mansour said. “How do we know that this national guard will only operate against Palestinians? We just have to look at the language used in the proposal for the guard,” Mansour said. “It’s terminology that we know indicates an operation against Palestinians.”
On April 3, Adalah noted, the Minister of Heritage, Amichai Eliyahu from Ben-Gvir’s Jewish Power party, “explicitly stated” the guard was intended exclusively for Palestinians, saying it is meant for “citizens of the country who identify with the enemy..” which the group said further “perpetuates the perception of Palestinian citizens as the “enemy” of Israel’s law enforcement authorities.”
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