“It will pass for them”: the commissioner’s tapes before the wall guard are revealed

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exclusive killings of the police commissioner, Jacob Shabtai, before the “Guardian of the Walls” operation in May 2021 were exposed this evening (Tuesday) here at 11. The documentation was recorded during a situation assessment, a few days before the riots and at the height of Ramadan. During the discussion, the commissioner referred to the possibility of escalation and said – “Let’s not get excited, two or three days it will pass for them”.

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Former Minister of Internal Security, MK Amir Ohana, warned: “The most significant event we are dealing with is Jerusalem because of the timing of the month of Ramadan and also the expected announcement of the cancellation of the elections in the Palestinian Authority.” Despite this, the Commissioner proposed not to change the status quo that allows Jews to ascend to the Temple Mount every year on Jerusalem Day. “I say the general direction is that it does not change any status every year on Jerusalem Day there is an pilgrimage to the Temple Mount.”

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MK Ohana added: “I suggest leaving the holding for the ascension to the Temple Mount vague until the last moment. There is an unnecessary ignition potential here. At the last moment, you will make the decision.” The head of the Investigations and Intelligence Division, Superintendent Yigal Ben Shalom, joined the conversation and noted the intelligence effort to prevent escalation: “The Shin Bet representative is also updating on the fear of escalation among the security prisoners in the prisons.”

“In our covert and overt intelligence, vigilance is increasing. Barghouti is very careful in conveying his messages,” the Shin Bet representative noted in the discussion. Ohana also said that “this is the most significant, most explosive national threat at this time. I strongly advise the commissioner not to wait for tomorrow.” However, the commissioner was not moved and promised to prepare: “We will assess the situation according to the decisions and we will know how to evaluate accordingly.”

The police stated in response here 11: “This is an edited and biased segmentation that does not represent the conduct of the yeshiva. The Commissioner referred to the intelligence picture as presented in the assessment of the situation and correct for the same points in time when the words were said, any attempt to tie this statement retrospectively to the Wall Guard incident is wrong and a sin against the truth.”

As you may recall, State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman wrote in a special audit report on law enforcement in the violent incidents that “the violent riots in the ‘Wall Guard’ events revealed significant deficiencies in the police’s activities. These caused a serious injury to the most basic personal security to which the citizens of the country are entitled.”

In the audit report, it is claimed that an examination of the Wall Guard events shows apparent significant deficiencies in the police’s activities – before and during the events, in its preparation for multi-scene disorderly events in general and in the cities involved in particular and in its preparedness for them. In addition, gaps were discovered in the police’s preparation and in the manner in which it actually met the challenges of policing and law enforcement in cities are involved during routine The Wall Guard incidents also reflected a considerable weakness of the Border Guard’s reserve system.

Burning a mobile in the wilds of Lod in May (Photo: Yossi Aloni, Flash 90)Burning a mobile in the wilds of Lod in May (Photo: Yossi Aloni, Flash 90)

“The law enforcement agencies must correct the significant deficiencies in order to prevent their recurrence. We must restore the basic sense of security to the citizens of Israel,” Engelman noted in the poignant audit report – “The findings of the audit and the set of circumstances under which the police operate will bind the Prime Minister and the Minister of Internal Security and through them the Israeli government , the police, the Shin Bet and the security system as a whole to consider a series of key issues, including the ability of the police to deal with a complex multi-scene operation, strengthening intelligence and the transfer of information, strengthening the reserve system of the Border Guard, regulating police-Shiv interfaces and basing on an operating model based on reinforcements”.

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