Security officials and senior members of the Shin Bet went to the home of Rabbi Haim Druckman, a senior religious Zionist rabbi, last week and expressed concern about the increasing phenomenon of self-inflicted actions, which they claim are escalating and causing the forces to be diverted from anti-terrorist activities. They asked him to act against the price tag actions
Security officials, including senior members of the Shin Bet, have met in recent weeks and days with rabbis in religious Zionism and those with influence in the settlement, as revealed this morning (Sunday) on the program This Morning on Channel 2. According to the report, they sought to act to stop independent acts of revenge by Jews against Palestinians in the territories of Judea and Samaria.
The security officials expressed concern to the rabbis about the increase in the phenomenon of self-inflicted actions and harm to Palestinians, which they claim escalate the situation and harm the efforts of the security forces to thwart terrorism. They made it clear in the meetings that took place that they take seriously the events, which cause the security forces to divert their activities from the anti-terrorist activities and the thwarting of the attacks in order to eradicate these events.
Last Wednesday, a meeting was held between senior members of the Shin Bet and Rabbi Haim Druckman and his assistants at his home. After that, the rabbi’s appeal was delivered to the yeshiva rabbis in which he asked them to act to prevent independent punitive actions in the villages adjacent to Jewish settlements, to prevent friction with the Palestinian population that could lead to further escalation and harm to the soldiers The IDF and the forces operating there.
Rabbi Druckman. Photo: Yonatan Zindel, Flash 90.
In a conversation with Kan News, security officials expressed their satisfaction with the responsibility shown by the rabbinical leadership that joined the effort to eradicate the phenomenon, which could cause the area to be set on fire and further escalate. The same sources sought to clarify that the majority of settlers in Judea and Samaria disapprove of the violent actions and understand their consequences.
Ahead of Simchat Torah, Judea and Samaria will be closed at 16:00. The closure will be lifted on the eve of the holiday at midnight. The police will continue to be on heightened alert in the coming days in Jerusalem and along the Hatfer line, despite the decrease in the number of violent incidents in the city. In the last few days, 27 Arabs and Jews were arrested in the capital.
Tonight, IDF soldiers who were in a proactive operation shot at a suspect who threw a Molotov cocktail at an Israeli bus at the Zif intersection in Judea. The soldiers detected a hit. In the meantime, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that one of the demonstrators who were injured in yesterday’s clashes with the security forces in Karvat Bnei Hassan, near Ariel, has died of his wounds. Last night, the security forces located the weapon that was used by the terrorists who fired at Bethel on Saturday evening. An Israeli citizen who was sitting in his sukkah was slightly injured in the attack.