the terrorist Maher Younes He was released from prison this morning (Thursday). Large police forces have already been deployed tonight in the Wadi Ara area in order to thwart any attempt to organize celebrations and support events, this after the commander of the police’s coastal district instructed to prevent any act of sympathy or encouragement of terrorist acts as part of his release. The forces will be deployed in the area throughout the weekend. This is an important test of the police’s activity against the request of the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gabir, after the release of the terrorist Karim Younes last week. Following the release of Younes, there were discussions with the entire senior staff, including the head of the Operations Division, Major General Sigal Bar Tzvi, the head of the AHM, Major General Yigal Ben Shalom, and the commander of the Coastal District, Major General Yoram Sofer.
“The test of our sovereignty”: Ben Gvir and the police are preparing for the release of the terrorist’s cousin who was received in the celebrations
The release of the terrorist Karim Younis: Palestinian flags were raised at the reception, the police intervened
The district commander also ordered to continue preparations for the release and to act from now on to prevent gatherings that encourage harm to civilians and soldiers or express sympathy towards terrorists. At the same time, Ben Gabir and the Police Commissioner Chief Superintendent Yaakov Shabtai held a meeting to assess the situation ahead of the expected release of the terrorist. At the end of the meeting, Ben Gabir instructed to prevent any act of sympathy or encouragement for an act of terrorism.
Ben Gvir added: “This event is a test of our sovereignty and we must in no way allow serious offenses of encouraging and supporting terrorism anywhere in the State of Israel. The eyes of all Israeli citizens are on this event and the sharper, firmer and clearer we are, the clearer the statement will be, that the State of Israel And the security forces will not allow such events under our sovereignty. I trust that you will do your best and I have every hope that the event will end with complete success and without support and incitement to terrorism and with joint activity we will bring good results for the State of Israel and our sovereignty.”
As you may recall, the release of his cousin, the terrorist Karim Younes, caused an uproar after his cousins and the terrorist’s friends set up a tent for the celebrations and Palestinian Authority officials even went to visit him, contrary to the directive of Minister Ben Gabir. Following the events, the Minister of National Security had a conversation with the Commissioner of Police about the construction of the tent and the celebrations that took place in the village. In their conversation, the Minister ordered an internal investigation in the police to be presented to the Minister. The purpose of the investigation is to ensure that such incidents will not be repeated in the future.
The police raided the reception complex for the terrorist Karim Younis, photo: no credit
Those close to the commissioner told Maariv: “Regardless of the minister’s request, the commissioner also instructed to carry out an investigation to learn about what happened at the scene. At the end of the investigation, he will examine the findings, this is in addition to the investigation requested by the minister.” Following the unusual event, Defense Minister Yoav Galant last night directed the coordinator of government operations in the territories, Major General Rasan Aliyan, to deny entry to Israel to the three senior Palestinian Authority officials who participated in the reception for the released terrorist: Mahmoud al-Alul, Azzam al-Ahmed and Vahi Tafut.
The office of the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gabir, said: “The minister instructed the police to act decisively and resolutely against the phenomena of terrorism and support for terrorism that we saw last week in the village of Ara. Following a legal hearing held in the minister’s office, all participants agreed that the waving of terrorist flags, chants that the terrorist is a hero, And demonstrations of murderers are illegal measures and the police have been instructed to prevent them and as soon as they break out to disperse them immediately.”