From Likud okays severing Border Police from larger force, giving Ben Gvir direct control
Illustrative: Border Police officers in Ben Shemen Forest, May 5, 2022. (Flash90)
Otzma Yehudit has secured a Likud agreement to disconnect the Border Police a gendarmerie force from the Israel Police and put it under the immediate control of incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, the parties’ coalition deal reveals.
The deal stipulates that the move will be made within 90 days of the government’s formation, “making it into an independent service in similar status to the Israel Prison Service and subjecting it to the authority of the minister.”
The Border Police will subsequently answer to the minister directly, giving him control over a force that carries out sensitive operations in the West Bank and is in charge of quelling Palestinian riots and protests.
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