A new interministerial committee is being launched to hunt down and deport anti-Israel protesters as well as keeping others from entering the country, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan announce.
The committee will focus its work on supporters of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement which seeks to put Israel on a global black list and which has become a main target of Israeli government policies in recent months.
The two decided on the formation of the committee during a meeting earlier Sunday, according to a statement from police spokesperson Luba Samri.
The police force falls under the aegis of the Public Security Ministry.
Pro-BDS graffiti sprayed on a roadblock in the West Bank city of Hebron reads “Boycott Israel.” (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader)
The statement accuses dozens of anti-Israel groups of operating in the country to gather information to be used in “delegitimizing” Israel, and activists in the West Bank of seeking to stir up protests among the local Palestinian population. It does not name any specific groups.
Erdan says a committee has also been formed to explore legal options against the activists.
“This is a needed step, given the evil intentions of the delegitimization activists working to spread lies and distortions about realities in our area,” Erdan says in the statement.
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